💡 7 Development Principles 🍕 Effective Meetings 🌟 Fulfillment Framework

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This week’s Founder Finds includes:

🌟 How to find fulfillment
🎭 8 common mind games
💡 7 development principles
🚀 An all-in-one marketing platform
🍕 The 4 golden rules of effective meetings
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🍕 Effective Meetings shared by M. Yousuf Faisal
4 golden rules for effective meetings by Jeff Bezos


💡 Development Principles shared by Elie Steinbock
7 principles to guide design and engineering decisions


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Finding Fulfillment

“Carrots and sticks” are poor motivators.

People prefer (and deserve) to be driven by internal motivation, aligned with personal fulfillment.

Here’s what makes work fulfilling:

  • Autonomy: You decide what to do and how to do it.
  • Mastery: Great people want the opportunity to do great work.
  • Purpose: We want to be a part of something bigger than ourselves.
  • Joy: You love doing it. At the end of a long day of doing it, you still want to do it.



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8 Common Mind Games People Play

Here are 8 mind games that people play and how you can outsmart them:

  • Pretend ignorance: Playing dumb to get away with actions.
  • Projection: Criticizing others for things they do themselves as well.
  • Negative humor: Making remarks disguised as jokes to make you feel insecure.



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