a year of unlearning

Jan 23, 2026

# file: whatibelieve.config# --- velocity & execution ---- strategy: "waiting for the perfect plan"+ strategy: "shipping fast is the strategy"- focus: "talking about the work"+ focus: "bias toward shipping"- team_size: "bloated organizations"+ team_size: "lean, autonomous teams"- metric: "shipping code (launches)"+ metric: "users actually using the product (landings)"- client_meeting: "theoretical discussions"+ client_meeting: "live-coding the mvp with claude code"- workflow: "linear handoffs"+ workflow: "listen, build, ship, repeat forever"# --- curiosity & growth ---- driver: "doing assigned tasks"+ driver: "following your curiosity"- standard: "shipping because you have to"+ standard: "shipping only what excites you"- limit: "career ceiling"+ limit: "unlimited potential"- talent: "innate talent"+ talent: "grit + compounding (1% / day)"- balance: "work-life balance"+ balance: "passion + boundaries"# --- truth & communication ---- feedback: "polite fiction"+ feedback: "ruthless truth seeking"- conviction: "stubbornness"+ conviction: "strong opinions, loosely held"- decision_making: "relying on gut feeling"+ decision_making: "write it down (clear writing = clear thinking)"- data: "dashboards"+ data: "anecdata + collective truth"- marketing: "webinars"+ marketing: "education"# --- people & hiring ---- authority: "job titles"+ authority: "influence"- management: "delegating only"+ management: "doing the work + delegating"- hiring_decision: "maybe"+ hiring_decision: "hell yes or no"- evaluation: "current skill"+ evaluation: "growth potential"- hiring_test: "can i manage them?"+ hiring_test: "would i work for them someday? (mark's principle)"- conflict: "taking it personally"+ conflict: "assuming good intent"# --- 100x leverage ---- code_volume: "pride in lines written"+ code_volume: "pride in lines deleted (code is liability)"- complexity: "clever architecture"+ complexity: "boring solutions"- automation: "doing it manually twice"+ automation: "scripting it forever"- focus: "optimizing the technology"+ focus: "solving the actual business problem"- responsibility: "it works on my machine"+ responsibility: "it works while i sleep"