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By nature, life is about prioritizing activities that bring us the most fulfillment and de-prioritizing activities that bring us least fulfillment. However, there are often more things to be done than we can possibly do within a given frame of time. But time is just one aspect of the equation…
Today’s guest is Ullas Naik, Founder and General Partner @Streamlined Ventures. His notable investments include; Addepar, DoorDash, Rappi, and FLYR, for example. Ullas has been an investor for over 23 years with 400 companies worth of investment experience. He has steadily weathered the ups and downs of markets, and more importantly, been a steady, guiding hand to portfolio founders.
In the context of business, Talent Chemistry is the art of aligning diverse individual strengths, talents, and contributions, so that the output is greater than the sum of its parts (Talent Synergy). However, without undertaking a detailed, long-winded psychometric analysis, how can you quickly determine someone's natural talents even if you haven't worked with them before? In this post, we share exactly that.
A quick 2-question process to determine the zone of someone's natural talent.
What behaviors to look for to identify their natural talent footprint.
What happens when all you do is ask from a relationship without giving anything back? The other party won't feel there is any value in continuing to interact with you.
What happens if all someone does in a relationship is 'give' to you without taking anything you offer them? You won't feel you are contributing to the relationship, you won't feel valued for what you bring to the relationship, and the interaction will be discontinued.
There is a distinction between the habit of being productive and being busy — being busy is activity-based execution with no direction, and being productive means executing the activities that bring you closer to the experience of personal and professional fulfillment. Busy-ness diminishes your well-being, while true productivity enriches you from the inside out.
At Valence Advisory, we've put together a simple 5-point productivity cycle that will help you:
Focus on the work you find rewarding and enjoyable.
Lead, manage, and foster reports, helping them develop a stronger immune response to ‘productivity theater.’
Feel clearer, more confident, and in control.
To think that work-life ‘balance’ exists for founders during the formative and growth stages of a company is an illusion— the operating contexts is demanding, and appropriately so. However, that does not mean:
Growing your startup needs to be net-negative to your wellbeing.
Caring for your wellbeing has to be time-consuming.
In this post, we share 9 simple activities we use to optimize our wellbeing without having to sacrifice large amounts of time. We have shared them with our professional networks informally— clients, colleagues, and partners. In codifying it in a post, we hope it inspires you to create your own rituals around wellbeing and happiness.
