Auren Hoffman

9 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 18, 2021 by Auren Hoffman · across every show →

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Apr 18, 2021 positive

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Hoffman: Leaders should delegate functions they are good at, not weak at

“Instead, delegate things that you're good at. This sounds really strange, so let me explain. The things that are the easiest to delegate are the things that you're already good at. You know how to do these things really well. You might already be an expert in …”

Auren Hoffman Apr 18, 2021 ▶ 4:10 How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph

Apr 18, 2021

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Hoffman: 10x performers take more management time than average employees

“The better the person, the less time it takes to manage them. That's the obvious thing, but that's only up to a point. The true 10 Xers actually take more time to manage than the average performers.”

Auren Hoffman Apr 18, 2021 ▶ 15:39 How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph

Apr 18, 2021 positive

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Hoffman: The smartest people think 10 days and 30 years out

“Smart people are always thinking 10 years out. The smartest people are always thinking 10 days out and 30 years out.”

Auren Hoffman Apr 18, 2021 ▶ 9:01 How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph

Apr 18, 2021 negative

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Hoffman: Never take advice from someone over a decade older

“This advice comes with a warning, which is never take advice from somebody who's more than 10 years older than you, and that's probably me.”

Auren Hoffman Apr 18, 2021 ▶ 0:45 How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph

Apr 18, 2021

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Hoffman: Large companies can only execute one or two things yearly

“Planning is really important at larger companies because larger companies can really only effectively do one or two new things per year.”

Auren Hoffman Apr 18, 2021 ▶ 14:45 How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph

Apr 18, 2021

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Hoffman: 10x hires almost certainly have glaring faults

“If you want to hire a 10 Xer, that person will almost certainly have glaring faults. Anyone that you could hire without glaring faults will be at best good. They will not be great.”

Auren Hoffman Apr 18, 2021 ▶ 3:18 How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph

Apr 18, 2021

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Hoffman: All great opportunities have big, obvious downsides

“Well, my simple heuristic Is that if the opportunity has very few downsides, it's almost certainly not a great opportunity. All great opportunities have very big and very obvious downsides.”

Auren Hoffman Apr 18, 2021 ▶ 2:38 How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph

Apr 18, 2021 negative

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Hoffman: Most smart people mistakenly optimize for the midterm

“Many, most smart people optimized for the midterm. They delay gratification in the short term. They're experts at passing the marshmallow test, but while they think they're optimizing for the longterm, they're actually usually optimizing for the midterm.”

Auren Hoffman Apr 18, 2021 ▶ 7:33 How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph

Apr 18, 2021 negative

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Hoffman: Seeking career optionality is a mistake

“Never do things to gain optionality. Optionality is bad. You need to really have a purpose-driven life.”

Auren Hoffman Apr 18, 2021 ▶ 8:22 How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph

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