The person who writes down the thing has tremendous power. Independent of their actual formal role, in an organization or in the world. There are so few people who will just like, write down the thing. One of the ways you find, like, the up-and-comers at a tech company is just like okay, who wrote down the plan? And that doesn’t mean they came up with everything, and that doesn’t mean that they had all the ideas, but like they’re actually able to organize their thoughts and actually have the energy and the motivation, and the skill to be able to communicate in a written form.

Marc Andreessen

As you go into your meetings this week, reflect on this thought. The pen and keyboard store a tremendous amount of power.

Will you harness it?