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Time is hard to keep in building a startup

Updated: Mar 18, 2022


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Days come and go to a degree where I was perplexed as to how to stay ahead of it. Time skates by stopping for no one …. forever. We all try to ride it as far as we can before we can no longer hold on. The question is no longer how much can I do? It is what “should” I do? You can put the same amount of effort into cleaning a pot as you would building a business. But we both know the return is substantially different.


Everyday you have to ask yourself what matter’s most — today. What will be the catalyst that will catapult me to the 10x domain…the new paradigm…the mentality adjustment. I quickly learned that I can’t do it alone. The world of silos has long passed. Everyone — negative or positive can help me if I use them effectively.


It’s challenging. Every night I am thinking what’s most important to move me forward tomorrow? As the Zuck says fail fast. Though he may have changed his motto, it still applies. It’s about quickly finding the gradient in your quest and adjusting ever so slightly until you enter enlightenment.


Time doesn’t care if you’re nice or mean, rich or poor. Time favors no one. But I must admit time seems bossy flaunting no exceptions to the rule. I have a hard time handling time. But I have learned one key principle… Remember your goal. Don’t focus on the solution. Focus on one thing and iterate on the product or service, correct what is wrong and run another simulation.


We all wish we knew the outcome. It used to plague me trying to discover what will happen. I don’t think this anymore. Because I know that if I keep making changes consistently every day and put it out there for review, the feedback is tremendous. You have to commit to daily scrutiny and remember why you are doing what you are doing. Glory will come but it comes with a cost. You have to be shaken down and put through rigorous test. Metaphorically, you have to be chiseled by Michelangelo “the David” to be proven.


The best you is always today. it’s not the future and certainly it is not the past. Everyday you are better than before. And if you keep this going everyday you will begin to feel an out of body experience…this euphoria realizing the things you are doing everyday feels like the inflection point just shifted. Time can be with you or against you. It’s a daily choice…it’s a right now choice.

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