Jason M. Lemkin argues you become the people around you. Celebrate overperformance and fire underperformers. Judge leaders by who they hire and develop, not just their own results. A coaching tree matters more than a trophy.
Is like it's so simple but you are the company you keep. Like if you're surrounded by a like this, can you depending on how you interpret this. But like the best way to celebrate over performance is not to tolerate underperformance. Like a players want to be with a players. Like everybody is on the Yankees so to speak or the Phillies depending on where you live. But so not the Royals. Right? So you are the company you keep. One and two. Like all of the success that is attributed to my career or wiz, it's not me. It's the fact that I surround myself with these incredibly talented, selfless, hard working people who just go and execute every single day, all day. And so I've always looked at kind of like a coaching tree. Like if all of my coaches, so to speak are becoming head coaches or winning super bowls or winning MVPs, then I must be okay at my job. And fortunately for me, I've had the privilege of working with so many wonderful talented people that if you're looking to bring in a CRO or a sales leader or go to market leader and they don't have the best reflection of them is in the people they bring. And if they don't have that, then they're probably not the leader you're looking for. Couldn't agree more.
