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Regarding: "I'm pathologically optimistic about people's ability to change." I am very interested in finding out if this optimism is based (somewhat empiricall
by ajju 18y ago
Regarding: "I'm pathologically optimistic about people's ability to change."
I am very interested in finding out if this optimism is based (somewhat empirically) on your experiences or is more of an intuitive belief based on your general outlook in life.
- pg 18y agoIt seems to be wired in. It causes some inconvenience in everyday life, but it's very helpful in YC. It's as if I was made to to this.
- ajju 18y agoFair enough. I too am optimistic about people's ability to change (and mine as well) but I have found that it is usually very gradual, in the order of years. Once in a while though, some major catalyst materializes in life and changes one radically in some aspects. I have reason to believe that diving into a startup is one such catalyst. From personal experience, starting a startup on the side is not. Most likely because it violates PG10 [1] guaranteeing that you never gain enough momentum to break free from your old mindset. [1] Startups in 13 Sentences. Sentence 10: No distractions.