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February 2023

Why do so many people become accountants?
Risk is the price you pay for a shot at greatness
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Keagan Stokoe
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Lessons from Sam Altman: On Belief, Ambition, and High-Impact Careers
"Sam Altman can't be stopped by such flimsy rules. If he wants to be on this list, he's going to be… there are a few people with such force of will that…
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Keagan Stokoe

January 2023

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October 2022

In Relentless Pursuit of Genuine Interest
"...but I think it’s about more than that. I think it’s about finding the things that light you up inside so much that you can’t help but dive in and do…
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Keagan Stokoe
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Planning is the Cousin of Procrastination
"Mediocre founders spend a lot of time talking about grand plans, but they never make a decision."
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Keagan Stokoe
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Everyone's Making It Up
"That’s the hard thing about hard things—there is no formula for dealing with them.”
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Keagan Stokoe

September 2022

Startups are built by generalists and scaled by specialists
“Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented anything, which is why I think he’s more comfortable now in philanthropy than technology. He…
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Keagan Stokoe
Belief Before Ability
"A lesson that repeats across all of these stories is that almost every great founder had a ridiculous amount of persistence."
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Keagan Stokoe
On Making Better Career Decisions
The goal isn't to look smart the whole way. Better to look dumb for a bit, but genius at some point, than look merely decent the whole way by taking the…
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Keagan Stokoe
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