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I was speaking generally, not about one particular exceptional person. For every amazing story like that one there are 10 more who had such dreams, made one mis
by alphabettsy 6y ago
I was speaking generally, not about one particular exceptional person. For every amazing story like that one there are 10 more who had such dreams, made one mistake and never made it.
- foogazi 6y agoI get that, and I know this is HN, but you don’t need a full ride at Stanford + be a founder to be a successful person
- coolgeek 6y agoYou also need to be able to pay your rent, food and health insurance while you change direction. Any improvement plan takes time, and carries the risk of failure. It's easy to get - and to remain - stuck. You don't/can't viscerally understand that if you've never been in that position. It's easy to tell someone to just do x, y and z. It's not easy to do x, y and z when there is a substantial risk of catastrophic failure.