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← Your only focus should be on getting better at what you are doing, as Marcus Aurelius says.

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Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Your only focus should be on getting better at what you are doing, as Marcus Aurelius says. Your only focus should be on gettingbetter at what you are doing, as MarcusAurelius says. Last stated 2 years ago 29 Apr 2024 JS Jerry Seinfeld — holds since 2024-04-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Be the best in the world at what you do, and keep redefining what you do until that is true. — tap to centre the map on it Be the best in the world at what youdo, and keep redefining what you dountil that is true. Last stated a year ago 6 Aug 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Do your best regularly and the results will be about what they should be — tap to centre the map on it Do your best regularly and theresults will be about what theyshould be JW John Wooden — holds since c. 2001 — tap for who they are Same subject: You only learn by doing; learning without doing stays too general and abstract. — tap to centre the map on it You only learn by doing; learningwithout doing stays too general andabstract. Last stated a year ago 17 Jul 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-07-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do; if you have not found it, keep looking and do not settle. — tap to centre the map on it The only way to be truly satisfiedis to do what you believe is greatwork, and the only way to do greatwork is to love what you do; if youhave not found it, keep looking anddo not settle. Last stated 21 years ago 12 Jun 2005 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 2005-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are not bound to follow everything the founders did; that would reject all progress and current experience — tap to centre the map on it We are not bound to followeverything the founders did; thatwould reject all progress andcurrent experience Last stated 167 years ago 27 Feb 1860 AL Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1860-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Keep company with people who will improve you, and with those you can improve; both sides learn — tap to centre the map on it Keep company with people who willimprove you, and with those you canimprove; both sides learn SE Seneca — holds since c. 62–65 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Someone who can't name what they'd do differently is unlikely to be good at improving over time. — tap to centre the map on it Someone who can't name what they'ddo differently is unlikely to begood at improving over time. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Feb 2024 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2024-02-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning cannot happen in flow, because getting better at a skill means working beyond the level at which you can express it. — tap to centre the map on it Learning cannot happen in flow,because getting better at a skillmeans working beyond the level atwhich you can express it. Last stated 3 months ago 20 Jul 2026 TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first-time founder has an advantage over a repeat winner, because past success makes it too easy to raise money and hire against a big vision before there is product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A first-time founder has anadvantage over a repeat winner,because past success makes it tooeasy to raise money and hire againsta big vision before there isproduct-market fit. Last stated 4 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out. — tap to centre the map on it About 5% is the most common finalownership stake for the founder of aVC-funded startup that works out. Last stated 3 months ago 18 Jul 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are
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