📘 Matt's User Manual

Version 1.0 – For collaborators, co-founders, and future teammates.

Table of Contents

1. 1. North Star
2. 2. Core Values
3. 3. Work Style
4. 4. Communication Style
5. 5. Decision Making
6. 6. Strengths
7. 7. Weaknesses

North Star

Accelerate human progress as much as possible in my lifetime. Everything I do is a stepping stone towards this.

Core Values

• Build leverage
  Prioritize actions that scale (software, systems, network) over linear effort. Bet on exponentials.
• 80/20 rule
  Ruthlessly eliminate low-ROI work and unnecessary steps. Be efficient and minimalist.
• Move fast
  Action produces information. Increase constants, eliminate variables/unknowns. High urgency, high shipping velocity.
• Be contrarian
  Always question the norms. Examine what normal people do, and do the opposite.
• Hustle over hype
  Prioritize real work and execution. Ignore hype, trends, and signaling.
• Time compounds
  Treat time as an investment; favor long-term return over short-term comfort.

Decision Making

Primary Filters

• • Does it help my career?
• • Does it make me happier?
• • What's the most important thing I should be working on right now?

Strategic Filters

• • Does it align with my North Star?
• • Does this build leverage, skills, or network?
• • What is the upside size? (skills, network, money)
• • Does this increase surface area for luck?
• • Does this open unexpected doors?
• • Is it an asymmetric bet?

Work Style

Execution

• • Prefers autonomy and ownership
• • Works best in flow state (early mornings or late nights), especially with noise-cancelling earmuffs
• • Needs to understand the "why" behind tasks to fully engage
• • Dislikes (preventable) last-minute changes or chaos

Communication

• • Direct, concise, low-fluff
• • Async > meetings
• • Always over > under communicate

Collaboration

• • Small teams, high ownership
• • 1:1s > group settings
• • Works best with competent, independent people