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I clicked one of the links http://calacanis.com/2015/07/04/the-most-important-piece-of-...

The 6th piece of wisdom this particular thought leader has for us is "NEVER GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS & NEVER BE NEGATIVE."

Which is followed immediately by this:

"The people who are killed, the deer, tend to huddle around the kitchen or go on cigarette breaks and bitch and complain about everyone and everything at the company. The tigers are too busy killing it to be bothered with such things... Deer: “Bitch bitch, moan moan, blame blame, cry cry. Tiger: “Hmmm…that’s an interesting take on things. I gotta get shit done, good luck with that.”

Apparently turning himself into a killer tiger who just fucking kills all the time has left him without a sense of irony.

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Yeah, the other pieces of advice -- work super hard (for your employer), don't ask for money... doesn't sound very tigerly to me.

>Never leave work before she does, respond to her emails quickly and without excuses. Here are things to say to her when she gives you amazing responsibilities that will make her love and trust you more.

>Don’t bust your ass and sharpen your skills for your boss alone, do it for yourself and your boss. Taking on all the problems at a startup is not being taken advantage of — it’s taking advantage of.

>Don’t worry about your salary, just get enough money to live in a closet close to work.

Is this guy serious? Is this satire?

From the sidebar:

>If you're a winner please email winners@calacanis.com

The more I read the more I hate this person.

100%

The piece states that you shouldn't worry about short term $, you should worry about gaining skills and experience so that you can -- some day -- be the boss.

Early in your career, if you're aspire to be great, you should really just take on as many projects and get as close to the leadership as possible. The good news, if that if you take on a lot the leadership will naturally get close to you -- because that's how they (probably) got their slot in leadership.

I've seen many folks go for the quick money (say at a big company) and miss out on the massive experience you can gain being part of a startup (even, perhaps especially, if that startup fails).

Sometimes people are better at giving advice than they are at following it :-)

actually, I followed this advice and it worked out very, very, very well for me. I've gotten much further than anyone ever thought I would -- even myself.

Well, it's Jason Calacanis. The tiger of Mahalo.

Can you elaborate? I am not questioning your commentary, but genuinely interested to know more about what you mean there.

The deer analogy is very, very negative

How? The whole point of deer analogy is to stop being negative. Whining and moaning instead of taking action is being negative. Being proactive and doing things is being positive.

I'm not sure I understand your point.

My point: If you find a group of us to be deers because we allow ourselves to be distracted from the work we are required to do by the criticisms we have of others then you are made a deer as well by being critical of us.

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