795 memorable quotes from Lenny's Podcast guests
“The best way to show up in the world is to be your best self.”
“If you surround yourself with people that give you energy and if you follow the things you're actually curious about, that you're going to be successful in this era.”
“Great product development is like jazz, where ideas could come from anywhere and you should be trying stuff out, having fun, having play in what you do.”
“In a world where this thing can answer any question, asking the right question is very, very important.”
“The number of ideas per page I've found on that book is extremely high.”
“You have to aim for Charge. You have to make something that is better than that.”
“You have to really think yourself into the other person's head, and you have to be really seeing it the way that they do.”
“To become a better presenter, pick a topic you are passionate about, something where you're like, oh my gosh, I've got to see this happen.”
“It wasn't just one presentation that changed everything. It was five years of prep ahead of that.”
“The ability to just have that contrast as a framework in your brain during a meeting, on a phone call, any moment of influence, like literally it works.”
“The thing we talked about earlier where if by the time that 10% of the time has elapsed, you have a working thing, you can now spend the rest of the time deciding whether or not you want to do another iteration.”
“My goal is to feel bad in the same way that customers feel bad.”
“There's not actually a trade-off between speed and quality.”
“Learning through suffering.”
“Stand up into your fear.”
“Pressure is Privilege.”
“I always used to say you can't retrofit collaboration. You have to be collaboration-first.”
“My drive has always been rooted in their story and I'm forever indebted to them.”
“Do not set it and forget it. I see companies do this, where they labor over designs and features... So, treat that as an opportunity to revisit your monetization strategy and making sure you're compensated appropriately.”
“All advice is just someone telling you what they did.”
