nicole

It’s not expensive in terms of dollars, I think it’s expensive in terms of opportunity cost, or attention.

“A startup should only launch for one of three reasons: number one, either you need more users or customers to sell to. Number two, you need more capital to spend. Or number three, you need more candidates to hire.”

[3:04] The second part of the day is reserved for activities which are high energy because I'm still buzzing at this point, and also activities that require a little less resistance to do. (High Energy + Low Temptation)

[3:27] And the last part of my day is where I have the lowest energy and the highest ability to be tempted by other tasks, so this is where procrastination is very easy... this is for things that I would actually like to spend my time on, that don't particularly require huge amounts of energy. (Low Energy + High Temptation)

Conversational affordances often require saying something at least a little bit intimate about yourself, so even the faintest fear of rejection on either side can prevent conversations from taking off.