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Upvoting because there is a lot to unpack here. As others have noted below, it would be a worthwhile to many and I daresay yourself to develop it. Perhaps you
by haltingproblem 7y ago
Upvoting because there is a lot to unpack here. As others have noted below, it would be a worthwhile to many and I daresay yourself to develop it.
Perhaps you meant he "accumalates newer more internal experiences to offset it". The problem I see with his outlook and many other entrepreneurs is that we are only as alive as the warmth radiating from our last kill - the hunt we bagged or the corpse of our last startup. The colder the kill the less alive we feel.
In the model of existence of being-doing-having [1] the ones who are the happiest are the most fulfilled are the ones who
embrace being –> doing –> having instead of having –> doing –> being.
[1] http://www.davewheitner.com/living-life-forward-the-being-doing-having-model/ http://www.davewheitner.com/living-life-forward-the-being-do...
- motohagiography 7y agoAppreciated. I've got a book simmering on the back burner and that's where some of these ideas have more form, but the statements were precise. There are a few cognitive hacks that (like your very good "being, doing, having") that make more sense in the context of conversations like this. If I finish the book, I'll do a Show HN post.