Anil DashMar 16, 2023
I’m eavesdropping (well, they’re so loud I can’t ignore them) on two young startup guys at this coffee shop, a version of a conversation I’ve heard a million times. But what’s striking vs 10 or 15 years ago is… almost nothing they’re talking about is the tech. Everything is financial engineering and how to hustle the ecosystem. Nothing about products or even markets and competition, all fussing about banks and crypto and VCs. Explains a lot about my fatigue over the industry in general.
Show threadEric Lint

@anildash There was an xkcd that stuck on this:

"I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at."

https://m.xkcd.com/874/

xkcd: Time Management

Mar 16, 2023 at 2:29pmWeb
Show threadbodhidaveMar 16, 2023

@eric @anildash

It's a bit of an extension, perhaps, but I was encouraged in Zen retreats' work periods to get acquainted with my results-oriented thinking pattern.

While washing a window, for instance, when the bell sounds ending the work period, you stop. You stop ... whether you have "finished" the window or not.

The point isn't to finish — the point is to wash the window.

🙂 🙏

Show threadElliot BetancourtMar 16, 2023
@eric @anildash like Ronnie Coleman (professional bodybuilder) said “Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift no heavy-ass weights.”