the hardest part about being a founder is managing my own psychology the job self-selects for high agency people who generally believe that if they work hard enough to make something happen, it’ll happen but when the reality distortion field that works in your immediate surrounding begins to fail when coming into contact with the Market, its easy to start feeling powerless, anxious, hopeless this is the mind-killing little death that brings total obliteration the best remedy i’ve found is counterintuitive and feels like a traitorous act against my values. it’s to divorce myself from the outcome and say “fuck it. whatever happens, happens. play the cards you’re dealt to the best of your ability. let it go” “every startup needs at least one miracle to succeed” and miracles are unfortunately out of my control