Don’t build a team of people exactly like you. You’ll all miss the same things.

Picking people in your own image feels efficient, because everyone understands each other immediately. The hidden cost is that your blind spots become the group’s blind spots, and nothing in the room can see them. A team of similar people is fast and confidently wrong. Difference is irritating in the moment and it is also your only early warning system.

Look at who you keep choosing and name one way they resemble you. Then bring in somebody who works differently on purpose, and listen when they object. Treat that friction as the point rather than a sign you chose badly.