Personal Operating Principles

1. Start with the requirement. No requirement, no work. Then ask: does this need to exist? The biggest waste is doing the wrong thing well.

2. Get the agreement right before anything moves. Clarify what's needed, who owns it, and what success looks like. Then ask how it gets implemented, a "yes" without a "how" is just wishful thinking. (h/t Chris Voss)

3. "Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome." — Charlie Munger. When behavior looks irrational, check the incentives. They're never wrong.

4. You can't control what comes in. You can always control what goes out. Make every dollar count. (h/t Tom Murphy).

5. Attention is finite. Treat it like money. Spend it on what matters.

6. Every workaround is a design confession. Find what it's admitting to.

7. Clear communication is the skill. Requirements, context, intent, for people and AI alike. Getting good at one makes you better at the other.

8. The leverage is always in what nobody's looking at. Make it visible.

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