AGL 185: Average Joe with Shawn Livermore

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About Shawn Shawn Livermore is a tech startup founder, entrepreneur, and technology consultant for over 20 years. He’s written books on software development and writes software in at least ten different programming languages. After raising investment capital for his startups six times, Shawn began to look beyond the code to see the bigger picture— systems, patterns, and mental models that most deserve our attention. Instead of hype and hustle, Shawn focuses on tangible, factual, and replicable bits and bytes that most people wouldn’t see or pay attention to. From small fragments, Shawn assembles larger stories, and helps people think, speak, and create like a tech genius. Today We Talked About Shawn's background Why write Average Joe? Average Joe: Be the Silicon Valley Tech Genius examines six claims: #1: Genius is required. #2: Creativity is sudden and inspired. #3: Secrets are elusive. #4: Growth is magic. #5: Their thinking is mysteriously inverted. #6: Their mystique is real. Slow Create Framework Big C and Little C Creative Inflections Invoking Fascination Sustainable Mystique Approach Imposter Syndrome The Sustainable Mystique Triad Narrow Focus Articulate Speech API = Analogy, Portrayal, Inversion Interesting Problems Debunking the myth of Tech Genius Narrow your scope Connect with Shawn Twitter LinkedIn Facebook YouTube Instagram Book Website Product Perfect I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!