don’t be discouraged
weathering the ups and downs of creative projects, life, relationships. one brick at a time.
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don’t be discouraged
“You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”
Some things just take time: compounding, craftsmanship, and good judgment.
🎉 Today we hit $300K MRR 🎉
For 3 years, we were stuck at $2K MRR, and we were constantly burning cash with very little to show for it
Now it's looking like we could hit $1M MRR by end of 2024 (and doing so profitably)
Don't give up 🤠
the fallacy of “we tried that, didn’t work” via dhh:
no logical fallacy provides as much of an obstacle as “we tried that, didn’t work”. The fallacy that past failed attempts dictates the scope of what's possible.
That just because someone, somewhere, one time attempted something similar and failed, nobody else should try. That lowering our
... See moreTrusting the process becomes much easier when you regularly run into these little reminders that we’re all kinda going through the same ups and the same downs... “The tough thing is that consistency can feel like it’s not paying off for long stretches of time. You feel aimless, like you’re going nowhere. You’re not improving as fast as you like.... See more
charlottegrysolle • Tweet
In 1999, Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted to sell Google for $750,000.
They were rejected.
Today, their combined stake in the company is worth $247 billion.
In 1964, on a folk tour around England, Bob Dylan considered quitting.
He said,
“I play these concerts, and I ask myself: ‘Would you come see me tonight?’ and I have to truthfully say: ‘No, I wouldn’t come...'"
Burnt out and ready to quit playing music, Dylan... See more
Fun graphic on $META from the Rowan Street annual letter (a hedge fund that printed a 102.6% net return in 2023): Shows how non-linear the path to good returns can be and how conviction pays off. https://t.co/jWQGVSc7LS pic.twitter.com/scq24Mjkzc
Michael Dempseyx.com"Who cares if the first draft is good? It doesn’t need to be good, it just needs to be, so you can revise it. You don’t need an idea to start a story. You just need a sentence"
- George Saunders
(good advice in general)
Andy Weissmantwitter.com