Make them all stakeholders

Or else they won’t ask questions. They won’t challenge. They won’t care.

Don’t let your title box your thinking

Always think at the executive level. Prove you indubitably belong there.

Misattributed recognition and acknowledgement

"When you are employed, hence dependent on other people's judgement, looking busy can help you claim responsibility for the results in a random environment." - Nassim Taleb, The Black Swan

Procrastinate procrastinating

Procrastinating feels good. And that’s why you want more of it. Here’s how to procrastinate indefinitely without having to feel bad about it: Procrastinate procrastinating. Put off the procrastinating by procrastinating your procrastination, and do something productive instead. By definition, you’re still procrastinating, so you can enjoy both procrastinating and not procrastinating at the same …