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A Victim Mentality Will Doom an Entrepreneur
- benwerd 16y agoThis isn't just true for entrepreneurs. A victim mentality will doom anyone. Keen an open mind (and open eyes), have confidence in your abilities but be ready to learn, and keep bouncing back.
- BenSS 16y agoI agree with the main point of the article that you can't have the victim mindset, but disagree with the examples. Thinking any of these things doesn't mean you're doomed. Only if you let it stop you.
- Symmetry 16y agoNormally I would think that saying "I failed due to reasons beyond my control" is a victim mentality as opposed to "I failed due to things I can change next time" - however the article takes the opposite tack.
- crikli 16y agoFrom TFA: "People with a victim mentality should never be entrepreneurs." Does you folks know anyone with the victim mentality that has actually become an entrepreneur? I've got several people in my life that are victim-minded and say they would like to be entrepreneurs...but they generate 10 scenarios of failure for every entrepreneurial idea they encounter. As a result they never take the necessary risk to start anything.
- abstractbill 16y agoThere's a difference between risk-aversion and victim mentality. People who are risk averse will look for reasons to not do something. People who have a victim mentality might actually go ahead and do the thing, but if they fail they'll think it's because the universe hates them (or something similar).
- renegadedev 16y agoI think victim mentality just one of the many faults listed in the article others being negativity, over-sensitivity and fatalism.
- ph0rque 16y agoBut it's not my fault I have a victim mentality... it's brought on by forces outside my control!
- watchandwait 16y agoI am a victim of Hacker News. I need to quit reading and commenting on banal blog posts and get back to work!!
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