The path of a founder involves constantly crashing into the mud and scraping your knees before getting back up again to run another day. This can be disheartening, but know that keeping your eyes fixed on the mission and putting one foot in front of the other does pay dividends over time. Like an airplane gradually building the momentum needed to take off from the runway, the compound effect of consistent action will lift your startup upward. I like to think of it as an entrepreneurial version of running uphill, fighting the gravitational forces trying to pull you down each day. Only by learning to embrace the burn in your lungs and legs will you develop the strength and skill needed to reach new heights.
I sometimes wonder if there is a formula such that if I input all parameters it returns me a success. Unfortunately, I still don’t get one. If it is a probability function not deterministic, then there will always be a risk, no matter what. Then, things like startups would be a matter how much risk I can tolerate. Yet, I seldomly bet on risky projects, which relies on kind of good luck to succeed, so not sure if it is a good strategy.
I found it very important to read about the 'Self-advocacy' pillar, because I recognise that it is the only one I have never aimed at. In the end, these five pillars reflect our personality.
However, I find the term "resistance" instead of "resilience" to be reconsidered. In recent years I have seen an abuse of the concept of resilience, which seems to have encompassed 'resistance' as well, when in fact they are to be considered distinct and opposite.
This distinction is widely explained in Ecology, in the study of the growth dynamics of plant populations (see strategy A, K and R). I studied ecology at university, and I find it the best study outside the disciplines of the field, to understand many things about economics and business in general, because it seems that certain laws are universal, and occur at all levels of our planet.
This quote!
The path of a founder involves constantly crashing into the mud and scraping your knees before getting back up again to run another day. This can be disheartening, but know that keeping your eyes fixed on the mission and putting one foot in front of the other does pay dividends over time. Like an airplane gradually building the momentum needed to take off from the runway, the compound effect of consistent action will lift your startup upward. I like to think of it as an entrepreneurial version of running uphill, fighting the gravitational forces trying to pull you down each day. Only by learning to embrace the burn in your lungs and legs will you develop the strength and skill needed to reach new heights.
WOW! Mind is blown at level of Audrey’s self-awareness at early age.
Love the tenacity built from her runner experience.
And great example about our negative self-talk with Tuna.
Thanks for having her guest write!
I sometimes wonder if there is a formula such that if I input all parameters it returns me a success. Unfortunately, I still don’t get one. If it is a probability function not deterministic, then there will always be a risk, no matter what. Then, things like startups would be a matter how much risk I can tolerate. Yet, I seldomly bet on risky projects, which relies on kind of good luck to succeed, so not sure if it is a good strategy.
I found it very important to read about the 'Self-advocacy' pillar, because I recognise that it is the only one I have never aimed at. In the end, these five pillars reflect our personality.
However, I find the term "resistance" instead of "resilience" to be reconsidered. In recent years I have seen an abuse of the concept of resilience, which seems to have encompassed 'resistance' as well, when in fact they are to be considered distinct and opposite.
This distinction is widely explained in Ecology, in the study of the growth dynamics of plant populations (see strategy A, K and R). I studied ecology at university, and I find it the best study outside the disciplines of the field, to understand many things about economics and business in general, because it seems that certain laws are universal, and occur at all levels of our planet.