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Nikhyl Singhal: belief

11 Jun 2023 Lenny's Podcast Building a long and meaningful career | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google)

“I think that I was, as an entrepreneur, very opinionated about using small amounts of information to make decisions.”

— Nikhyl Singhal

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Speaker
Nikhyl Singhal
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
11 Jun 2023
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

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…So what is it for you that you said was your superpower and your shadow? I think that I was, as an entrepreneur, very opinionated about using small amounts of information to make decisions. And then I was very good at driving those things. So when you become an entrepreneur, you're great at grit, you're great at opinion, you're great at being decisive. And then as an executive, you spend a lot of time making sure everyone has context, everyone is heard, your opinions are actually edited for good reason. And it's not just to placate, it's actually to improve. But as someone who's basically been right a lot, that requires almost a complete and you're like, "Well, that's not who I am." And I'm like, "Okay, you start with the sentence like that's not who I am." You're definitely doing it right when you hit your leadership. What was the process like for you to work through that? You said it took a long time. What made it effective for you? Was there a coach involved? Something else?…

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