- See opportunity where others see issues
- Have a discipline for making decisions among various opportunity costs
- Rapidly double down on something when it starts to work and blow it out to its full potential
- Balance “gut decisions” with of a love of data-driven decisions
- Focus on the one most important thing
- Stay attached to the problem they are trying to solve, but be flexible in the solutions to solve it
- Know when to apply a Reality Distortion Field
- Protect their downside and prevent the organization from being put at risk