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Packy McCormick: belief

3 Dec 2021 Acquired Not Boring (with Packy McCormick)

“I had a 150-person team that I think I got along really well with. So I think the sabbatical is also useful in being like, look, Packy is away in Japan right now, the company hasn't fallen apart, and your life is not miserable.”

— Packy McCormick

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Speaker
Packy McCormick
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
3 Dec 2021
Publisher
Acquired

Transcript context

…Does that ever work? It feels like when people get to disconnect and they're already emotionally disconnected, all it does is make them more sure that they're ready to be done. For sure. I think it's also valuable to give the team. I had a 150-person team that I think I got along really well with. So I think the sabbatical is also useful in being like, look, Packy is away in Japan right now, the company hasn't fallen apart, and your life is not miserable. So everything will be fine when he leaves. That's a good point. Okay, when you did leave, you didn't start Not Boring as we know it today right away. Am I right that you started two things concurrently with the Not Boring club—this social in-person experiment—but also a different email newsletter?…

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