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Couldn't help but recall Peter Thiel's ideas on competition and why it's good business to avoid it. The author's father was stuck in competition and it drove a
by stretchwithme 9y ago
Couldn't help but recall Peter Thiel's ideas on competition and why it's good business to avoid it. The author's father was stuck in competition and it drove a lot of what he did.
- graphitezepp 9y agoThe idea in the article was that the competition was "imaginary" as in the salesman across the street didn't bother to try to do everything for everyone correct? Maybe the lesson is more about ignoring what others might be doing and focusing on what you need to do for success yourself. EDIT: mistake was as suggested below.
- stretchwithme 9y ago"lesson is more about what others might be doing" You mean less, right?
- Avenger42 9y agoAlternately the word "ignoring" might have been mistakenly omitted: > "the lesson is more about ignoring what others might be doing and focusing on what you need to do for success yourself"
- stretchwithme 9y agoGotcha. I'm always doing that.