Julian Shapiro

Growth tactics, retention strategies, and becoming a better writer | Julian Shapiro (Demand Curve, Hyper, Webflow, TechCrunch)

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Opening

Julian Shapiro (00:00:00): Why do good ideas arrive after the bad ideas are empty? It's because when you've gone through a bunch of bad ideas, your brain, your mind starts reflexively identifying what elements are causing the badness. Then it becomes way better at avoiding those bad elements and you become way better at pattern matching the novel ideas with way greater intuition. Most creators are resisting their bad ideas....

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Low-ego framing

strategies, and becoming a better writer | Julian Shapiro (Demand Curve, Hyper, Webflow, TechCrunch)" date: "2022-09-25" type: "podcast" guest: "Julian Shapiro" channel: "Lenny's Podcast" youtube_url:...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.

Accept praise cleanly

Julian Shapiro (00:04:28): This is the greatest honor of my life. Thank you. Lenny (00:04:31): Wow! Julian Shapiro (00:04:32): I'm crying from that intro. Very nice of you. Lenny...

Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.

Low-ego framing

Julian Shapiro (00:13:21): Yeah, no, I actually don't and I probably should. People have...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.

Name strength directly

expecting to go into Twitter as strategy, but this is interesting because you're really good at it. As you've said, your stuff is actually very thoughtful. It's not just a thirsty Twitter thread trying to find...

Says the strength directly to the guest, not only about them.

Accept praise cleanly

. Really my pleasure, man. Have a great day. Lenny (00:59:02): Thanks, man. Thank you so much for listening. If you found this valuable, you can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your...

Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.