diff --git a/SUMMARY.md b/SUMMARY.md index 5866d7f..7445e9f 100644 --- a/SUMMARY.md +++ b/SUMMARY.md @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ * [Silent Meetings](operating-at-tvp-1/silent-meetings.md) * [Effective Communication](operating-at-tvp-1/equanimous-communication.md) * [Work Schedule](operating-at-tvp-1/work-schedule.md) +* [Taking Time off](operating-at-tvp-1/taking-time-off.md) * [Getting Paid](operating-at-tvp-1/getting-paid.md) * [Jarvis](https://www.thevantageproject.com/jarvis/) * [Upgrading Playbook](operating-at-tvp-1/upgrading-playbook.md) diff --git a/operating-at-tvp-1/equanimous-communication.md b/operating-at-tvp-1/equanimous-communication.md index 5449ac7..14d734d 100644 --- a/operating-at-tvp-1/equanimous-communication.md +++ b/operating-at-tvp-1/equanimous-communication.md @@ -33,14 +33,16 @@ eg. The site performance is now much faster ❌ The site loading speed is now under 9 seconds for complete load ✅ Eliminate weasel words and affirmation biases: -eg. I see market moving towards staking ❌ +eg. I see the market moving towards staking ❌ I see that 30% of the current market would need staking services ✅ -Source: [How to write like an Amazonian](https://twitter.com/nipunmehra/status/1154590521345490945?lang=en) +Source: [_How to write like an Amazonian_](https://twitter.com/nipunmehra/status/1154590521345490945?lang=en) **** -Recommended read: [The Pyramid Principle - Lessons from McKinsey](https://medium.com/lessons-from-mckinsey/the-pyramid-principle-f0885dd3c5c7) +Recommended read: +1. [The Pyramid Principle - Lessons from McKinsey](https://medium.com/lessons-from-mckinsey/the-pyramid-principle-f0885dd3c5c7) +2. ### Easy Hacks 1. Think before you speak diff --git a/operating-at-tvp-1/taking-time-off.md b/operating-at-tvp-1/taking-time-off.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..467d2a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/operating-at-tvp-1/taking-time-off.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +description: >- + You take less time off, there is a risk of burning out. You become lazy, and + you can be beaten. +--- + +# Taking Time off + +### Minimum Offs + +We encourage you to take breaks, with peace. That requires psychological safety. Here is our attempt at enabling it. + +1. **Sundays are a mandatory off** Work can wait 1 day. Don’t burn out. Take a break, stroll, and spend time on yourself. Productivity requires discipline, not heroism. +2. **Mandatory 50 days off every year** Life will throw uncertainties. Account for it. Do not worry about being left behind. It'll be fine. 50 days off every year, accrued pro-rata every month; after the first 45 days. All days off above this threshold are likely to cost lost opportunities. + + + +### Plan your offs + +Account time for \(but not limited to\) the following: + +1. **Celebration time** Recommendation to take this after a significant project's completion. +2. **Recovery time** When work output is suffering, take an off and reset yourself. +3. **Family time** They need you too. +4. **Vacation** Travel is the best way to expand horizons. +5. **Health** You are likely to fall sick. +6. **External commitments** Sometimes they'll be unavoidable. + + + +### Requesting time off + +General rule of thumb is: +Days you’ll be away = Days of advance heads-up to give to your team. + +Send a request to your Junior Partner and they will help re-organise work so that your absence doesn't impact progress. + diff --git a/vantage/understanding-truth.md b/vantage/understanding-truth.md index ccfec33..aadf522 100644 --- a/vantage/understanding-truth.md +++ b/vantage/understanding-truth.md @@ -34,5 +34,10 @@ The ability to exist in the moment, without the baggage of the past or the futur ### -Drop the ego and salvate with service. +Drop the ego and salvate with service. + + +> "Truth-seeking is hard and often painful, but it is what separates self-belief from self-delusion" -Sam Altman + +Recommended read: [_How to be Successful \| Sam Altman_](https://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful)\_\_