Wes Kao
8 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 22, 2025 by Wes Kao · across every show →
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May 22, 2025
Kao: Competing outside natural strengths guarantees defeat to naturally talented peers
“Whatever it is you find extremely difficult and unnatural for you, there is someone out there who loves doing that and it comes extremely naturally for them. So if you are in a role that requires you to do this thing that you are not very good at and could not…”
May 22, 2025
Kao: A business problem does not automatically warrant resources to solve
“Just because something is a problem doesn't mean it warrants resources to solve, or the resources that you are asking for to solve, and so You know, developing that sense of right sizing, of context, of, you know, is the juice worth the squeeze here to try to …”
May 22, 2025
Kao: Spending 15 to 30 seconds preparing clarifies business communication
“Literally, 15 to 30 seconds getting grounded on what am I really trying to say? What does this person need to know? What is my main point and what's potentially secondary? Spending a couple moments asking yourself these questions allows you to write a message …”
May 22, 2025
Kao: Low-emoting leaders should amplify enthusiastic wording over forced facial expressions
“If you are someone who's low emoting instead of trying to be, you know, high emoting, you should basically take that into account and turn up the enthusiasm in your words, in the actual content of your words, instead of relying on your facial expressions or to…”
May 22, 2025
Wes Kao: Most people over-index on explicit rather than implicit feedback
“I think that most people over index on explicit feedback. So we wait until, you know, our colleague complains about something. Or, you know, gives us very direct feedback before we're like, oh, okay, this was bothering them. Whereas if you took a step back and…”
May 22, 2025
Kao: Leaders react better to concrete proposals than defining abstract concepts
“It's much easier for most leaders to react to something you're putting in front of them to correct you basically to say, yes, that no, not that. Then it is to say, you know, teach me ways to be strategic or define what that means for me. Your leader Hasn't don…”
May 22, 2025
Kao: Speed vs quality is a false trade-off in most situations
“Trade-offs like speed versus quality, you know, like people talk about that and throw that around, like, You probably have room or I had room to be faster and to produce better quality without starting to trade off on either. That in most situations, there's s…”
May 22, 2025 negative
Kao: Public speaking is a terrible mental model for workplace communication
“There was so much of communication that operators and founders do on a day to day basis where public speaking is actually a terrible mental model. If you think about it with public speaking, it's one directional. You're sage on stage. You have one speech which…”