long-term thinking
musings on long-term thinking in a shortsighted world. we overestimate what we can do in a year, underestimate what we can do in 10 kinda thing.
by Juan Orbea and · updated 12d ago
long-term thinking
Juan Orbea added 2y ago
kev added 2y ago
Juan Orbea added 2y ago
Everything takes longer than you think.
The problem isn’t that you’re not working fast enough--the problem is your expectations were never realistic to begin with.
sari added 3mo ago
- sometimes people ask something like “do you think this could work?” and I sorta waffle around on it but I realize my truer answer is something like: it’ll probably work IF *you* believe it will work and *you* commit to making it work for 7+ years
Alara added 7mo ago
Supritha S added 2y ago
- "Move fast and break things" is outdated advice for startups. Software ate the world—and there's more competition than ever. Our startup learned the hard way to ignore this advice, and this is what happened:
sari added 1y ago
- There is a common issue of over-optimizing the metrics in business, which can damage the whole system. Doing the wrong thing efficiently is actually worse than doing the right thing badly. – Rory Sutherland
meghna added 1y ago
The Shawshank Redemption failed at the box office but went on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic.
The 48 Laws of Power missed the bestseller lists for more than a decade and still sold more than a million copies.sari added 2mo ago
