
Lost Midas
@lostmidas
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Talking feels like progress
Planning feels like achievement
It isn’t
The biggest trap in building anything, startups, products, careers, is substituting talk for action
You brainstorm
Debate strategy
Attend meetings
Write elaborate docs
It gives you a dopamine hit
Feels productive
But nothing is actually moving
Ideas are worthless without execution
Execution is uncomfortable, messy, & rarely glamorous
Which is why it’s so easy to get stuck in the illusion of progress
Here’s the problem with over-talking:
- It gives false validation before you’ve built anything
- It burns energy on hypotheticals instead of real outcomes
- It delays failure, the thing you actually need to learn
Action forces feedback
Feedback leads to growth
Growth is what gets you closer to success
Minimize talk, maximize doing
Build, ship, iterate, repeat
If the cost of your talking outweighs your doing, you’re already losing 0 reply
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Being a founder demands tenacity, endurance, commitment, & an almost irrational optimism
It’s about showing up every day, giving everything to your vision, & pushing forward no matter how impossible it feels
These traits aren’t optional, they’re essential
Founders live in a relentless cycle of trial, failure, & resilience, refusing to give up
This unwavering drive must be ingrained in your DNA
Founding isn’t something you dabble in; it’s an all-or-nothing game
It tests you mentally, physically, & emotionally, forcing you to question everything
Yet, within this struggle lies meaning
The voluntary self-sacrifice that comes with founding a company gives life a unique, unshakable purpose
You reject comfort, embrace risk, & pursue a vision of the future only you can see
Founders don’t just build companies
They build meaning 1 reply
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