Codie SanchezFounder @ Contrarian Thinking

The Best Founders Do This One Thing

1 Nov 2023 · 0 min

Watch on YouTube

0:29

Short video/transcript excerpt in which Codie Sanchez argues that the most successful founders actively solicit disagreement and critical feedback—asking others to poke holes in their plans—to gather more information, connect more dots, and improve decision-making. The emphasis is on being open to persuasion while seeking perspectives that reveal blind spots.

The best companies and their founders, they do this one thing. They say, here's the action I want to take and here's our company. I'd love you to poke holes in it and tell me the things you think I'm missing. And they are actively looking for disagreement because they don't want to be riot. They want to win. And most people who want to win, all we care about is we want to information gather. We want to always be connecting dots. And we can only connect dots if we see more of them. The winners are usually the ones that will ask you tell me what I'm doing wrong, tell me what I'm missing here. I think this, but I open to persuasion one way or the other.