Being a world-class husband requires overriding his natural tendency to go into problem-solving mode when his wife shares a problem; instead, she often just wants to be listened to, so he created a mnemonic device where he asks her 'Do you want me to solve this or do you want me to listen?' to interrupt his reflex.

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Harley Finkelstein

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Eight out of 10 times it's not what she wants. And so because I know that I'm bad at that, we've created these, you know, our version of pneummonic devices which is like I now ask her, do you want me to solve this problem or do you want me to just listen?

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The President of Shopify on AI, Scaling, & High Agency | Harley FinkelsteinThe Knowledge Project Podcast
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:20:34 PM

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