"sometimes that chip is so big it’s overwhelming. Sometimes a founder is just angry at the world. That’s not healthy." Good point, but the balance could be very delicate. A founder who is "changing quickly and requires a level of grit and perseverance that’s completely off the charts" won't quit till the very end of imaginable human capacity, does everything right and yet fails at the end, is indeed risking to wear himself almost surely into that "chip is so big it's overwhelming" situation. Getting there is my real nightmare. How do you reconcile the perseverance and the second-timer wish points? It seems to me that they are mutually exclusive ...
"sometimes that chip is so big it’s overwhelming. Sometimes a founder is just angry at the world. That’s not healthy." Good point, but the balance could be very delicate. A founder who is "changing quickly and requires a level of grit and perseverance that’s completely off the charts" won't quit till the very end of imaginable human capacity, does everything right and yet fails at the end, is indeed risking to wear himself almost surely into that "chip is so big it's overwhelming" situation. Getting there is my real nightmare. How do you reconcile the perseverance and the second-timer wish points? It seems to me that they are mutually exclusive ...