Opening
Hamilton Helmer (00:00:00): Warren Buffett famously said, in business. Audio (00:00:02): I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable moats. Hamilton Helmer (00:00:04): Power requires a benefit and a barrier, so he's taking care of the benefit part by saying a castle, you have to have a pretty good understanding of why it's a castle and not a shack. Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:15): So in a lot of decks it's like, "Oh, we have the most amazing team. We move the fastest....
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Low-ego framing
title: "Business strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)" date: "2024-05-05" type: "podcast" guest: "Hamilton Helmer" channel: "Lenny's Podcast" youtube_url:...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
of people up-level their ability to think about strategy and moats and power. Thank you so much for being here. Two final questions. Where can folks find more online if they want to dig in further, and how...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Name the work
Hamilton Helmer (00:38:09): Read the book, and then have conversations with your colleagues about the topic...
Names a concrete strength, artifact, or contribution instead of offering generic praise.
Ask with curiosity
Hamilton Helmer (00:39:44): Yeah, it's a great question. I mean we're all in this phase of wondering exactly...
Turns a moment that could become critique into a question about the guest's thinking.
Ending
remarkable architecture in the history of the world. And so you've got to admire that. I mean, just doing that, which is that rare second act. But I think for world leaders, Winston Churchill is very high. I'm a fan of Teddy Roosevelt, I must say too, in this country. Lenny Rachitsky (01:07:00): I love that. Hamilton, you are wonderful. I feel like we have helped a lot of people up-level their ability to think about strategy and moats and power. Thank you so much for being here. Two final questions....
The ending stays curious after the formal conversation is almost done.