795 memorable quotes from Lenny's Podcast guests
“It's never too late to do or what do you want to do and what do you want to be.”
“Most decisions people stress out about just aren't that important.”
“I think we often treat engineers a little bit like children instead of giving them the responsibilities and ability to actually thrive as adults.”
“There's no way around, just through.”
“Don't be afraid to fail, right? In your journey, you're going to fail multiple times, and when you fail and get up, you get up stronger.”
“The biggest advice that I can give you is teach your children to fail. Because when they get up, they get up stronger.”
“When you fall in love with the problem, then what happened is that the problem is going to serve as the North Star of your journey.”
“The best work happens when we bring different diverse perspectives to the problem and then co-create the outcome that the customer is looking for.”
“Every single day, every single time somebody is pushing your code to production and you're releasing a feature or an enhancement, you are making the product better or you're making the product worse.”
“It's a lot of hard work to bring both of these organizations together and you have to be very deliberate around the points of intersection.”
“Real power to me comes from equanimity, and that comes from managing your emotional reactions.”
“There's no substitute for having those direct conversations with your customers and your users.”
“Equanimity is the most important skill I've developed across my entire life.”
“If you don't enjoy speaking, you're doing it wrong.”
“You have it in, you already have what it takes.”
“The biggest misconception with tackling your speaking is that people grossly underestimate just how transformative it could be to your life.”
“The data warehouse becomes the center of gravity for all data in your company.”
“One of the things after you've been in engineering for a while is that develop this tendency to immediately respond with no to new ideas.”
“Adopting that product mindset and getting closer to customers... means better products and services at lower and lower prices, which is just innovation.”
“Get your hands dirty with all of these products. There will be a tremendous amount of alpha for anyone that is able to take maximum advantage of these tools.”