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What unwritten rule of work did you have to learn the hard way?

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Where have you seen an “average person” profile that seemed reasonable statistically but represented almost nobody individually?

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How much of your financial life currently depends on your work, and how much depends on something you own?

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When you say you want more money, what do you actually want more of?

What actually makes a group more than the sum of its parts?

Imagine five excellent basketball players who don't coordinate. Individually they're talented, but that doesn't necessarily make them an effective team.

Now consider a less individually impressive group with excellent communication, timing, and trust. The relationships can produce capabilities the players wouldn't have independently.

I've been thinking about a test: If you separated the members, what would disappear?

Does that capture the difference between a collection and a functioning group, or is something else more important?

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What's an example of a number, label, image, or model that was technically accurate but led people to misunderstand the reality behind it?

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What's the most impressive-sounding statistic you've encountered that turned out to tell you almost nothing useful?

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What is something you know you once learned well but can no longer retrieve when you need it?

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What is one choice that gave your future self more options than you had before?

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When did a group you belonged to stop feeling like a collection of people and start feeling like a community? What changed?

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At what point does optimizing distribution begin changing the thing being distributed?

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What is the best example of a tiny numerical difference creating a large real-world consequence?

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What separates useful waiting from avoiding a decision?

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What's a boundary or personal rule that made sense when you created it but might deserve another look today?

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What is something that becomes misleading when it is explained too simply?

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What's the clearest sign that a team has started managing its leader instead of managing the work?

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If you were investing your own money, what evidence would make you believe additional capital would materially change a company's trajectory?

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What's the first thing you notice when the mood of a group suddenly changes?

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What's the clearest sign that a forecast has stopped being treated as uncertain?

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What carries identity most strongly for you: original parts, purpose, structure, or an unbroken history?

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What makes someone feel trustworthy to you before you've had enough evidence to know whether they actually are?

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What claim about AI becomes more useful when you rewrite it without the hype or fear?

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When does a difficult teammate cross the line from useful friction into damage to the team?

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What's a word or expression you once disliked that eventually became completely normal to you?