What You Don't See: Listening to the Political Fears That Divide Us| Shane Mac
I sent a note to our team earlier today about how, in an AI-native world, your job is not to do the work—it’s to ensure the work is great. Team, I’ve been thinking a lot about Tobi’s note that was shared in #tool-ai — I tweeted about| Shane Mac
Handmade paper letter with handwritten welcome note to you. Photo credit: @rstephens In yesterday’s news we talked about how to quit [https://medium.com/assist/how-to-quit-11a2d89bfff2], in today’s news lets talk about how we start.☺Here is what we do at Assist (and the purpose) for every new| Shane Mac
When a new team member joins our company, we have them start by reading a handbook to help understand our culture, mission and team. One piece of this document which you read on the first day shares thoughts on how to quit. I want to share our insights because honestly| Shane Mac
Michelle recently shared how we passed $40m in all-time revenue at Squared Away. Check out her post on X. I wanted to share a few thoughts on how we got here, lessons learned, all of our financials, and my personal journey to get here. To think we started this company| Shane Mac
Taken right from the Assist handbook for new team members I wanted to share why we believe giving everyone a personal assistant is the greatest perk you can offer. And a few other thoughts. Productivity Perks > Posh Perks There’s a lot of talk, especially in technology, about cute and| Shane Mac
The following post is an excerpt from David Marquet's book "Leadership is Language." David was the captain of a nuclear submarine and one of my favorite leaders in the world. David asked me to share when we were launching our biggest project with Apple and how one question almost led| Shane Mac
7 years ago, I called my best friend Robert Stephens and asked him for advice. His response was not what I was looking for. He said, Do you want my Advice or do you want my Validation? I just sat there for a second. Doubting my actual intentions. Thinking. What| Shane Mac
Reply and say hi, it's always great to hear from you. Every once in a while, someone tells me something that completely changes the entire way I see the world. That's what happened to me after a conversation with Ted Klontz, one of the best psychologists in the world. My| Shane Mac
Richard Feynman once said that “you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.” I shared this post recently as a screenshot on Twitter and I had 100s of people reach out and say it was something they were struggling with and the post really resonated| Shane Mac
Last month, I made an offer to everyone at our company: $25,000 to quit. 6 people took it. But, why? Because I fucked up. I'm sharing the story to be open about what happened, why I did it, and maybe it can be helpful to others going through a| Shane Mac
