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Stop reading books, stop getting courses and start doing things. Some people have tendencies to never learn from other people, and they make the same mistakes
by bumbada 5y ago
Stop reading books, stop getting courses and start doing things.
Some people have tendencies to never learn from other people, and they make the same mistakes other people have done again and again.
Other people, like you (it is obvious), go the other way, they want to know everything and not fail ever. The way they do it is procrastinating, never getting in the arena or over the stage until they are 100% prepared. And they are never "prepared", because failing hurts emotionally.
You are like a skier that tries to avoid falling down so much he just can't learn.
I created my own business when I was a kid, it is not that hard, offer things or services people need or want. Someone with a CS degree can figure it out.
You need to get out in the real world and fail. Then you can read books and ask for advice. Now you will be able to calibrate all the info that you get from books and people in real scenarios. Without real world experience, most info is worthless.
Spend the minimum amount of time reading, you should be experiencing life and writing down those experiences. Writing every day is much better than reading every day. One in active, the other passive and looks like work but it is not.
Minimize passive things and activities in you life, like TV, until most of your life is active.
This man was a serial entrepreneur:
https://steveblank.com/ https://steveblank.com/
Start getting more aggressive, learn from this man:
https://www.john-carlton.com/ https://www.john-carlton.com/
You look too "soft",a "wussy", learn resourcefulness in films from people that go to war. You look too weak for making a company and need to get stronger.
You need to develop some habits that make you stronger, like making decisions fast, dealing and handling the consequences. Get used to risk every day, manage it, minimize it.
You learn those things while doing and trying. Accept failure in your life, accept rejection by other people, accept the pain and over time you will master it.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> You look too "soft",a "wussy", learn resourcefulness in films from people that go to war. You look too weak for making a company and need to get stronger. Insulting the poster is really useful here. Thanks for your insight.
- weasel_words 5y agoBut isn't that the grandparent's whole point? If you can't take being called "soft" or a "wussy", you ARE...and need to toughen up...ignore trite insults, and be able to withstand the torrents of potential backlash/hardships (from customers, competitors, whatever externalities...or even from internal sources, eg: partners - you WILL fight).
- tailspin2019 5y agoOP is a young (I assume) college graduate, asking for advice and open to the fact that their current thinking may be wrong. I see no weakness here. Unless you consider thoughtfulness and introspection to be weakness? Not everyone in business has to behave like they’re The Wolf of Wall Street.
- tailspin2019 5y agoI agreed with some of your sentiment until I got to this: > You look too "soft",a "wussy", learn resourcefulness in films from people that go to war. You look too weak for making a company and need to get stronger. Hmm.
- achillesheels 5y agoI love your comment, specifically as it pertains to getting up and breaking yourself in. People want to believe that moving in an uncertain path can actually be predetermined to avoid failure, but that is exactly what the hurdle is - breaking through the unexpected which typically never go your way. But, once adapted to, it is a thrill to see one’s effort progress, however minuscule (which is how most news starts progress). And, you’ll notice the division of those who can act in the presence of uncertainty and those who cannot. It can be generalized into “leaders” and “followers”.
- mindcrime 5y agoAccept failure in your life, accept rejection by other people, accept the pain and over time you will master it. Sounds like a sure path to being the guy who has "1 year of experience repeated 10 times" instead of "10 years of experience." Just failing over and over again doesn't ensure that you're going to learn anything. Ideally you want to also acquire new externally sourced knowledge at the same time, and constantly integrate both that external knowledge and your empirical learnings so that you maximize your overall learning experience. Stop reading books, stop getting courses <snip> Some people have tendencies to never learn from other people, and they make the same mistakes other people have done again and again. Oxymoron much? This man was a serial entrepreneur: He also wrote a really good book. Which you apparently would prefer the OP not read?
- _dexter3 5y agoAgreed until you said the OP was too 'weak'
- slothtrop 5y ago> Spend the minimum amount of time reading, you should be experiencing life and writing down those experiences. Writing every day is much better than reading every day. One in active, the other passive and looks like work but it is not. That doesn't make much sense. Great writers read copiously, it's one of the reasons they start writing. Reading does not necessitate that one not write. > You look too "soft",a "wussy", learn resourcefulness in films from people that go to war. You look too weak for making a company and need to get stronger. I can't even tell what the hell this means. Watch war movies to avoid looking "soft"?