I think most people in this thread are missing the point. The point is know your constraints!!! Be willing to say NO to some things! Anything you say YES to

I think most people in this thread are missing the point. The point is know your constraints!!! Be willing to say NO to some things! Anything you say YES to has a cost! If you can do the above, you can find success in most things. If you apply the author's idea, it would be the same as. Why he has decided to own a small business and not a startup or a big enterprise. "Why my revenue looks like crap, and our growth is not a hockey stick" Most of us on here would be better off making $500k a year working for ourselves than chasing $1 billion valuation. Nothing wrong with that. He has a family to feed. He prefers having a small pie that's a sure thing than trying to go for a large pie that he might not be able to get.