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phil
@phil
Why do so many famous Founders have a reputation for being complete assholes to their employees? Elon, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, etc. Were they successful because of this behavior, or in spite of it?
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Joe Blau 🎩
@joeblau
If you have an opinion about something and you're not willing to concede, people think you're an asshole — doesn't even matter if you're right in the end.
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AnaĂŻs
@anais
Maybe it is more about the attitude when holding and defending an opinion rather than the fact of holding and defending an opinion. Everyone has a choice of how they decide not to concede. This can be done with respect to others. Saying that, I agree that for some people disagreeing with them = being an asshole.
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Joe Blau 🎩
@joeblau
The challenge with words like “attitude” and “respect” are both opinionated nouns defined by each individuals threshold so measuring by that doesn’t matter. For conceding, core values like “disagree and commit” allow visionaries to lower discourse insulating “bad attitude” and “disrespect”.
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AnaĂŻs
@anais
I don't think I fully agree. In most human societies there is consensus around what respect entails and its codes. There is of course always a level of subjectivity in all human interaction but I would argue that using swear words while shouting in an open space is pretty much considered by most as a negative for e.g.
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Joe Blau 🎩
@joeblau
Swear words in open space bother you. They don’t bother me, even though I stopped using profanity nearly 20 years ago. You can’t use that as a measurement because it’s different for everyone.
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AnaĂŻs
@anais
The challenge is not what bothers me or you. This is a very self-centred approach. If you choose to communicate as a founder only from that perspective and choose not to consider what is the general consensus about what bother most of your team then we will have to agree to disagree. Just different perspectives.
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