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Index
Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Unpacking the Tech Genius Archetype
Solving Email
Paul Buchheit
The Great Man Theory
The Great Person Has Something More
Shoulders of Giants
The Tech Genius Myth
Dispelling the Myth: Why It Matters
2 The Myth of Genius
The Mozart Letter
Genius
Finding Genius
Wonder Kids
Psychometrics
Big-C and Little-c Creativity
Intelligence Worship
Iteration
3 Creativity: Person vs. Process
Wright's Magic Dust
Creative Processes in Tech
The Science of Creativity
The Slow Create Framework
Frank Lloyd Wright's Slow Creation
Paul Buchheit's Slow Creation
Leonard Cohen's Slow Creation
4 The Dropbox Miracle
Growth Hacking
Drew Houston
Y-Combinator
Sean Ellis
Jamie Siminoff
The Siminoff Secret
Seamless Product Execution
5 The Coveted, Unreliable Flow State
Achieving Flow
Flow in the Wild
Flow is Not a Goal
Flow is Not Required
6 Patterns, Details, and Secrets
PDS Cycles
Patterns
Details
Secrets
7 Make Me Click
Conversion
The Marketing Playbook
Sticky
Flappy Bird
Behavioral Addiction
User Manipulation
Manipulate Me, Please
8 Becoming Contrarian
Bitcoin
Contrarians with a Cause
The Contrarian Lens
Becoming Contrarian
9 The Science of Showmanship
Demosthenes's Delivery
Substance and Delivery
Elon Musk and Jack Ma
Story Science
Nerds Telling Stories
The Founding Myth
10 Mystique
Blackbeard's Smoke
The Holmes Hustle
The Muddy Waters Hustle
The Hungry Hustle
The Healthy Hustle: Authentic Uncertainty
Mystique's Special Quality
The Sustainable Mystique Triad
11 Revisiting the Myth of the Tech Genius
Claim #1: Genius Is Required
Claim #2: Creativity Is Sudden and Inspired
Claim #3: Secrets Are Elusive
Claim #4: Growth Is Magic
Claim #5: Their Thinking Is Mysteriously Inverted
Claim #6: Their Mystique Is Real
The Great Person with Something More
References
Introduction
Chapter 1: Unpacking the Tech Genius Archetype
Chapter 2: The Myth of Genius
Chapter 3: Creativity: Person vs. Process
Chapter 4: The Dropbox Miracle
Chapter 5: The Coveted, Unreliable Flow State
Chapter 6: Patterns, Details, and Secrets
Chapter 7: Make Me Click
Chapter 8: Becoming Contrarian
Chapter 9: The Science of Showmanship
Chapter 10: Mystique
Chapter 11: Revisiting the Myth of the Tech Genius
Index
End User License Agreement
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