Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
01:07:48 · Elizabeth Stone, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:07:48] S1: We're going to keep that up. [01:07:49] S0: Well, with that, we've reached our very exciting lightning round. I've got five questions for you. Are you ready? [01:07:54] S1: Okay, I'm ready. [01:07:56] S0: All right. What are two or three books that you find yourself recommending most to other people? [01:08:02] S1: I have to come up with different books than I said last time. [01:08:04] S0: I don't remember what they were, but that sounds great. [01:08:06] S1: I still like a good throwback. So, two that are coming to my mind, Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer and Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis. So, I worked on Wall Street and I like reminding people what it was like in the way back time. [01:08:23] S0: Favorite recent movie or TV show you really enjoyed? Which is maybe too hard for someone working at Netflix, but just what comes up. [01:08:29] S1: The list is very long. The most recent I watched, Remarkably Bright Creatures, after a recommendation from my mom. It's a tear-jerker. Talk about the human part of storytelling. [01:08:41] S0: Favorite product you've recently discovered that you really love? [01:08:44] S1: Critical for my health and wellbeing, Eight Sleep. [01:08:48] S0: Do you have a favorite life motto that you often come back to in work or in life? [01:08:53] S1: I often go back to the things that my parents instilled in me in very early times. So, the risk of repeating, maybe. First, something good happens every day. Watch for it, even in the most stressful times. And second, that the last 5% of effort usually makes all the difference.
01:08:53 · Elizabeth Stone, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:08:53] S1: I often go back to the things that my parents instilled in me in very early times. So, the risk of repeating, maybe. First, something good happens every day. Watch for it, even in the most stressful times. And second, that the last 5% of effort usually makes all the difference. [01:09:17] S0: These are awesome. They hit me. Final question. I don't know anything about this, but you mentioned you're doing some kind of cycling event. [01:09:26] S1: Oh, yeah. [01:09:28] S0: Tell us what's going on. What are you doing here? [01:09:30] S1: So, my husband and I are doing a trip where we ride alongside the Tour de France for the last week of the race. So, the tour is three weeks. The last week has a lot of mountain stages. So, we get to ride part of the route each morning and then watch the race in the afternoon. Not for the faint of heart, so I'm trying to train up so I can enjoy those rides. It's supposed to be a vacation after all. [01:09:57] S0: My God, I love this vacation. We're just going to race. So, is it like a race? [01:10:02] S1: I love cycling. I love professional sports. It's fun to be able to participate in it. [01:10:06] S0: So, is this like racing or you just kind of try to go as nonchalantly through the course? [01:10:11] S1: You go nonchalantly. [01:10:12] S0: But still there [inaudible 01:10:13]? [01:10:12] S1: I think I mentioned... Yeah. [01:10:12] S0: Other hills. [01:10:15] S1: It's physically and mentally challenging. And it's not a race, but I don't want to be at the back of the pack. So, I got to be comfortable enough to hold my own.
01:10:15 · Elizabeth Stone, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:10:15] S1: It's physically and mentally challenging. And it's not a race, but I don't want to be at the back of the pack. So, I got to be comfortable enough to hold my own. [01:10:25] S0: Wow. I love how different this is from your job. And it feels like someone [inaudible 01:10:29]. [01:10:30] S1: It's a good balance and it gets me outdoors and gives me some nice perspective. So, I'm looking forward to it. [01:10:36] S0: Elizabeth, you're awesome. Two final questions. Where can folks find you online if they want to follow you, reach out for maybe anything that came up? And how can listeners be useful to you? [01:10:45] S1: The best place to find me and some of the work we're doing or reach out is the Netflix tech blog, actually, where we're putting a lot of things that I've been talking about up there. We're trying to do a better job communicating about the fun stuff we're working on. So, that's a good first stop, usually. And then how listeners can be useful? Try all the new stuff that we're putting out there. Watch the live events, play the games, have fun with the new vertical video feed that we have on mobile called Clips. Send us feedback. So, we want to make it better. And a lot of these things are new zero to one efforts for us, so we're trying to get to great and excellent as quickly as possible. [01:11:26] S0: I love that the homework is go watch Netflix. [01:11:28] S1: You can also watch other things. Tell us how we can be better, but I'm definitely interested in how can we be better at Netflix.
01:11:28 · Elizabeth Stone, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:11:28] S1: You can also watch other things. Tell us how we can be better, but I'm definitely interested in how can we be better at Netflix. [01:11:36] S0: I love it. I'm going to go do that. Elizabeth, thank you so much for being here and being here again. [01:11:41] S1: Thank you for having me. Always fun. [01:11:43] S0: Bye, everyone. Thank you so much for listening. If you found this valuable, you can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast app. Also, please consider giving us a rating or leaving a review, as that really helps other listeners find the podcast. You can find all past episodes or learn more about the show at lennyspodcast.com. See you in the next episode.