Alexey

"Another abyss-staring strategy I’ve found useful is to talk to someone else. One reason that I sometimes procrastinate on staring into the abyss is that, when I try to think about the uncomfortable topic, I don’t do it in a productive way: instead, I’ll ruminate or think myself in circles. If I’m talking to someone else, they can help me break out... See more

You need to delegate what you think you are best at. You need to stand back, watch the work you used to once doing best, being done by someone else, and resist the urge to interfere. Results won't be exactly as you would like them to be, but soon you will have a company that can do more than you, and earn more than you alone. You graduate from bein... See more

You are the bottleneck. Your team progresses as fast you can. That means the bigger your team gets, the more you need to do to keep the moving forward. That math doesn't scale. Delegate your decision making power to free yourself from becoming the bottleneck of your own company.

"People with low task-relevant maturity *appreciate* some amount of micromanagement (if they’re self-aware and you’re nice about it)."

Am I choosing this to avoid pain now? You might think working at a company gets you the experience you need to run your own. Truth is, you will never know what you need to learn until you begin. You can't learn how to swim while standing on the beach. Don't waste the best years of your life, your 20s or 30s working for someone else. Use that power ... See more