Thinking about grit, which probably comes in different flavors, not all of them admirable.
described grit as "chewing glass while being punched in the face."
says grit can be heroic resistance or foolish stubbornness:
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I was quoting Elon musk... that’s... not a thing I’d ever say myself 🤣
I’m part of the “eating icecream while getting a massage” school of non-entrepreneurial grit
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Oh sorry! I thought it was all you:
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Grit is chewing glass while being punched in the face. Desensitizes you.
Relentless is Terminator. Robotic Ives you.
Patience is digging a tunnel for 20 years with a geologist’s hammer. A persistence so gentile it’s like erosion by water.
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It is such a well-known quote in SV, I use it like an insider cultural reference rather than explicitly. Here's my own actual take on grit from like 2011
I like this, it's actually relevant to my question on identifying a "wrong problem."
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