Opening
Sam Lessin (00:00:00): I just feel like no one's being honest in teaching founders this. Be early. Don't order the most expensive thing on the menu. For a video call, an appropriate background. Don't smell like shit. Tell me why you decided to spend time teaching people proper etiquette. You have a lot of really young people. Sam Lessin (00:00:14): They've been holed up in a room coding. And they show up encouraged by Silicon Valley to be in some way abrasive on purpose....
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Low-ego framing
"b2c", "ai", "engineering"] word_count: 19398 --- Sam Lessin (00:00:00): I just feel like no one's being honest in teaching founders this. Be early. Don't order the most expensive thing on the menu.
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
Lenny Rachitsky (00:52:14): I'll tell a story whe...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Return warmth
n@gmail is my last name, is my email address and I do read it. So I don't know. I appreciate you having me on. It's always fun to see you. It's been too long and I don't know. Come hang out in the pool house...
Matches the guest's warmth and keeps the social temperature generous.
Low-ego framing
Lenny Rachitsky (00:08:30): Yeah. Is one way to think about it. You can be...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
Rachitsky (01:26:02): Okay. I love this. This is an excuse to hang out. Sam, thank you so much for being here. Sam Lessin (01:26:07): Hey, great to see you. Lenny Rachitsky (01:26:09): Bye everyone.
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.