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> You only truly "fail" when you quit. If you can make the necessary sacrifices to struggle through the dark days, your chances of succeeding increase greatly.
by lhnz 5y ago
> You only truly "fail" when you quit. If you can make the necessary sacrifices to struggle through the dark days, your chances of succeeding increase greatly.
People give up when they realise that continuing a grind will require then to sacrifice more meaningful opportunities they have.
It's not always good to keep going. Sometimes you're throwing your life away.
- rglover 5y ago> It's not always good to keep going. Sometimes you're throwing your life away. That's a conditioned response. "Throwing your life away" is subjective. Edit: https://nav.al/kapil https://nav.al/kapil <-- Worth listening to.
- lhnz 5y agoThat's not a conditioned response! I also once believed the same as you, and I have friends that are endlessly bootstrapping and spending 60+ hours a week on their startups. They are renters, that don't have much money or a family or relationship, and they pump every freelancing job they do into their new ideas. There's no law that says this will pay off. They might end up in their mid forties with very little wealth or they might end up very rich. These aren't conditioned responses. Grit isn't enough here. You need to make the right choice for your self depending on your own dreams and the likelihood of attaining them. My point is, if you decide you want a family, you will need to stop pouring all of your money into your projects, as it will be difficult for everybody if you're in one bedroom of a shared house...
- rglover 5y agoIt's not about laws or prescriptions. If you really want to do it, you'll figure it out. Most people don't really want to do it, so they don't figure it out.