Max Levchin

that they choose to opt out whatever that means for the problem but you want someone who can walk into a room and say that is a pile of garbage and i love all of you you're amazing people i'm proud to be part of this team but what we've built here together is not gonna ship because it's terrible and now we're all gonna regroup and rethink and build something better like that that is the way of trying to couch the blow but if you don't give the blow you're gonna ship garbage

Empathy is important. Understanding that when you're judging someone's work, there's two possibilities. It's bad. It's they've done the best and circumstances intervened and they can do better, but it wasn't, it isn't good enough and they need to know, but you know, they can do better. And the moment is about telling them, This isn't your best work, but I know what you can do.

Empathy is important. Understanding that when you're judging someone's work, there's two possibilities. It's bad. It's they've done the best and circumstances intervened and they can do better, but it wasn't, it isn't good enough and they need to know, but you know, they can do better. And the moment is about telling them, This isn't your best work, but I know what you can do.

Empathy is important. Understanding that when you're judging someone's work, there's two possibilities. It's bad. It's they've done the best and circumstances intervened and they can do better, but it wasn't, it isn't good enough and they need to know, but you know, they can do better. And the moment is about telling them, This isn't your best work, but I know what you can do.

And this is just, it's an embarrassment, but it's not an embarrassment of your ability. It's the embarrassment of the time you had or the effort you've been able to put in. And that's okay. Like that we can fix. Sometimes you look at work and you say, wow, like this person cannot do better. Full stop. Don't worry about being direct.

And this is just, it's an embarrassment, but it's not an embarrassment of your ability. It's the embarrassment of the time you had or the effort you've been able to put in. And that's okay. Like that we can fix. Sometimes you look at work and you say, wow, like this person cannot do better. Full stop. Don't worry about being direct.

And this is just, it's an embarrassment, but it's not an embarrassment of your ability. It's the embarrassment of the time you had or the effort you've been able to put in. And that's okay. Like that we can fix. Sometimes you look at work and you say, wow, like this person cannot do better. Full stop. Don't worry about being direct.

The conversation you're going to have with them at some point very soon is I don't think you have a place on this team anymore. And that that's a much harder conversation, but you have to have it too.

The conversation you're going to have with them at some point very soon is I don't think you have a place on this team anymore. And that that's a much harder conversation, but you have to have it too.

The conversation you're going to have with them at some point very soon is I don't think you have a place on this team anymore. And that that's a much harder conversation, but you have to have it too.

Any form of narcissism or selfishness, self-orientedness is probably the most important trigger of turning an extreme personality from good to bad or set in the opposite way. You can be as great at throwing tantrums or as direct in your criticism as you want to be if you maintain a good degree of humility and just remember that

Any form of narcissism or selfishness, self-orientedness is probably the most important trigger of turning an extreme personality from good to bad or set in the opposite way. You can be as great at throwing tantrums or as direct in your criticism as you want to be if you maintain a good degree of humility and just remember that

Any form of narcissism or selfishness, self-orientedness is probably the most important trigger of turning an extreme personality from good to bad or set in the opposite way. You can be as great at throwing tantrums or as direct in your criticism as you want to be if you maintain a good degree of humility and just remember that

The second it becomes about you being better than everyone else, everyone else will start hating you. And if you're their boss, they're going to hate you quietly. And that's the worst possible situation. And so what do you really want is to constantly remember that you are but a part of this team.

The second it becomes about you being better than everyone else, everyone else will start hating you. And if you're their boss, they're going to hate you quietly. And that's the worst possible situation. And so what do you really want is to constantly remember that you are but a part of this team.

The second it becomes about you being better than everyone else, everyone else will start hating you. And if you're their boss, they're going to hate you quietly. And that's the worst possible situation. And so what do you really want is to constantly remember that you are but a part of this team.

And when you're criticizing someone's work or telling them this has to be redone, you're always redoing the work together. Like maybe you're not going to personally move the bits. But you're going to have to be involved because they're not going to be happy with a second round of the, well, this is still garbage. That's really important.

And when you're criticizing someone's work or telling them this has to be redone, you're always redoing the work together. Like maybe you're not going to personally move the bits. But you're going to have to be involved because they're not going to be happy with a second round of the, well, this is still garbage. That's really important.

And when you're criticizing someone's work or telling them this has to be redone, you're always redoing the work together. Like maybe you're not going to personally move the bits. But you're going to have to be involved because they're not going to be happy with a second round of the, well, this is still garbage. That's really important.

I think there are many ways where extreme personalities flip into being toxic. And so you just have to constantly watch out for it. But it is the price you pay. Brilliant people are often over the top. And that's part of the ingredients that make them brilliant.