By default most founders are
😭 short term optimists (ignore bad execution) and
🥴 long term pessimists (pick small problems)
Successful founders are the opposite—
🧐 short term pessimists and (always improving)
😎 long term optimists (pick big problems)
youtube.com/watch?v=9NYrsE
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This was such a fantastic bit. I watched the video earlier and I was trying to find a way to summarize it to make it into a tweet. Saved me the trouble!
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Haha yes, I make the long form one and then cut it down, and then actually the shorter one is better LOL
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What if it has the appearance of a small problem at first but the underlying market is huge?
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At 1:20 you say "short-term optimism is necessary" I'm pretty sure you wanted to say the opposite at that point.
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I agree
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Life strategy
Optimism long term
pessimism short term.
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