founder's mentality
insights, articles, musings and resources to help founders and builders cultivate a healthy mindset and get unstuck
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founder's mentality
There is a filmmaker that worked for Pixar that put this beautifully, and he used the metaphor of doing anything difficult, but for your high purposes of building a company. He says, "If you're sailing across the ocean and your goal is to avoid weather and waves, then why the hell are you sailing?" You have to embrace that sailing means that you... See more
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Passion & Pain
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
Julia Galef • 5 highlights
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Reaching your goals is not success if you compromise your values along the way.
Getting ahead shouldn't force you to leave people behind. No accomplishment is worth sacrificing kindness or integrity.
Ambition shapes what you achieve. Character is defined by how you achieve it.
nametwitter.com... See moreI've consulted. I've done client work. I've advised. I've served on boards. I've invested. I've written books. I've spoken on the circuit. I've blogged for years.
I have to say, I've found no greater professional joy than working with a tight group of people to ship and support our own products. And for those products to find people willing to trade
Figure out what you need—not just what the business needs
Gena Gorlin • Startup Lessons From Y Combinator’s Most Sought-after Executive Coach
“I can’t see a way through”, said the boy.
“Can you see your next step?"
“Yes”
“Just take that”, said the horse.
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse @charliemackesy
The best founders I know listen to and read EVERYONE, but then they ignore everyone and make up their own mind