six
@six
career wise i think i'm a bit cooked on delayed gratification psychologically, esp. of the variety of like working/iterating on a startup for multiple years in stealth and/or without traction. not sure if i'm capable of doing that, but to an extent the ability to do that is what is required for outsized success would posit this is somewhat consistent in the "brain" of our generation, esp with startup / build-in-public / twitter founder "cracked" culture becoming so widespread, it is v contrarian and perhaps psychologically difficult to quitely grind and stay focused for years on something you believe in. think many founders currently in 20s prob compensate for this by getting validation via attention, while they wait for validation via market (the real thing). shayne coplan good exception imo.
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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
I talked about this with @ jpren (saving him the notification) last week. While founders wait for PMF, they are distracted by other forms of gratification that makes them seem productive - conferences, networking events, meeting with investors etc. especially in crypto when your timing has to be right for the product to work. All of these items *feel* like work and provide the gratification of doing so but never push the needle forward.
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Aunt Homie
@infinitehomie
This expands out from founders. I know of a co leader where I work, who does more networking events parties and conferences than most of us combined. She currently sits at the bottom of the productivity (sales report) I suppose in a weird way (maybe not weird) she is moving up the ladder because of exposure, but when rubber hits the road and sales reports come, it’s possible that she’s further back then us folks that have nose to the grindstone. Who knows.
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