15 harsh truths from great Founders
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15 harsh truths from great Founders

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15 harsh truths from great Founders

Jovan Soldatovic
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15 picks in “15 harsh truths from great Founders”, curated by Jovan Soldatovic on TheLysts.

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15 harsh truths from great Founders — 5 items
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11Great acts are built on private practice; there is no overnight success.Caption adds: The public praises you for what you practiced in private; there are only years nobody watched.
12Self-pity has no use; use life’s bad events constructively.Caption notes Charlie Munger’s experience of burying his 9-year-old son while broke and divorced, and that bad things will happen—the question is whether you use them.
13Top talent gathers more information than most would find reasonable.Caption adds: The best in any field has gathered more information than a reasonable person would; you can’t out-IQ everyone, but you can out-read them.
14Money comes naturally as a result of service that improves others’ lives.Caption adds: A business is just an idea that makes someone else’s life better; founders who lead with the number rarely get it.
15If you love what you do, the only exit strategy is deathThe exit strategy is death and that retirement can be fatal.
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