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Thoughts, practices, and lessons from building. Mostly me, out loud.
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Focus Is More Important Than Intelligence (opens the original)
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In elementary school, all my teachers said the same thing about me: “Buğrahan is an intelligent student, but he doesn’t listen to the lessons and disturbs the class.”Zeki ama haylaz.I have never really known how intelligent I am. The only thing I know is that it’s not rocket science. I’m not an exception, just a regular student.After eight years of hearing the same thing, I fucked up the high school entrance exam. I ranked in the top 1.3% among around three million students and got into Suat Ter
Demonstrate, Document, Duplicate (opens the original)
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As a knowledge worker building his own startup, the last three months have been hard.I graduated from university, moved back to my hometown, and tried to create a new routine. Then I got sick. First, there was an epidemic. After that, I started having knee pain.Feleğin sillesi, kaderin cilvesi veya dünya imtihanı!Subscribe nowThe universe tested me a few times, but eventually, I recovered.Now I am trying to rebuild my routine. At the same time, we are tryin
TMITs in Life (opens the original)
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You may wonder what TMIT means: the most important things. I just made it up to test your curiosity. The data will come with time, and then we will see the throughput.Subscribe nowSince the pandemic, I have gotten sick every summer, almost in the same month. My mom always says the same thing: “Buğra, the reason is clear. It is the air conditioner.”Tarzan gibi gezersen bunlar başına gelir.Somehow, she is right. But it is summertime. I have the right to
How Do You Get Attention? (opens the original)
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Yesterday, I had a chance to talk to a friend who used to work at MBB (McKinsey, Bain, BCG), and I asked him, “What did you learn in six months?”He said, “I tried to learn a few hard skills, but at the end of the day, I mostly learned how to communicate with my manager/-s. Nothing more or less.”In Turkish, we have a saying for this kind of soft skill: “Damara göre şerbet vermek babam.”Subscribe for support my work.<form class="subs
To Be or Not to Be (opens the original)
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Today I got up early, and the first thing I wanted to do was write this sentence.You will probably get the notification at 6:30 AM. Robin Sharma would be proud of me.My to-do list is full. After a month of research and product development, we are finally ready to sell.Subscribe for support my work.<div
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