Notifications
Your ability to filter incoming inputs — choosing what deserves your attention and what can wait.
Lily Cantor and the Private Equity Term Sheet
Notifications are external signals demanding your attention — and the investor's behavior sent a loud one that Lily Cantor almost missed because of how urgently she needed the money. The head-pat and the "you girls" comment were signals about what this partnership would look like. Lily's lawyer translated them clearly: do not do this deal. Lily filtered those signals in instead of dismissing them, and it changed her decision.