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Startups are hard, no doubt. However, perspective is interesting. In the past year my father died unexpectedly, and my wife and I gave up on having kids (and po
by diego 14y ago
Startups are hard, no doubt. However, perspective is interesting. In the past year my father died unexpectedly, and my wife and I gave up on having kids (and possibly our relationship) after six years of trying by all means imaginable. After those experiences running a startup seems like child's play to me.
If when you go to bed at night your main worry is whether you'll be able to close your next round of funding, you have it pretty good (at least in theory). Trust me.
- obviouslygreen 14y agoOne thing about perspective: It's not universal, and it also works the other way around. If someone else just hasn't had the kind of experiences you have, telling them about your own problems (or those of other people) isn't really meaningful. It's the "starving people in China" argument. I'm not saying you're wrong, really, but that even your situation could be considered pretty great by someone who's stuck in a North Korean gulag with his entire family because he sneezed during the wrong part of a public news broadcast. Perspective is helpful when you've gained it and can use it yourself. However, someone else's perspective is only useful to the point that it lines up with yours. Beyond that you usually can't really understand it in a meaningful way and it sounds like empty sentiment.
- Felix21 14y agoI understood his perspective pretty well, and also his point. My heart is with you Diego, Sorry for your loss