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wensing
"The pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled." --Stevenson
omena
to put all your resources where your mouth is
pg
starting a company.
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rajivtiru
the highest high and the lowest low.
ChrisNorstrom
An addiction to financially sustainable problem solving or world changing.
readme
not something I have yet succeeded at.
twiceaday
1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
drum
acting on opportunities that others don't see.
cheese1756
Well said. The key is to always keep an eye towards the future, and that is something which is easy to forget.
canadaduane
getting all the organs in the body to work at the same time
kevinbluer
Reading HN at 2:26AM on a Saturday Night in New York City.
angersock
looking into the market and seeing a howling void, and having the audacity and bullheadedness to forgo every reasonable bit of sound advice and cultural standards you are exposed to and try to fill that gap using every last remnant of your fiscal and mental being--hopeful all the while (despite better consul) that you have enough material available for this construction and that you will not be totally consumed in its deployment, another dried-out tumbleweed rolling away on the winds of venture.
SurfScore
Fucking hard
angersock
Amen to that, brother.

Then again, if it were easy, would it be worth doing?

SurfScore
Nothing in life worth doing is
pg
Counterexample: playing with your kids.

I think hard and worth doing are pretty loosely coupled. There are certainly lots of things that are hard and yet not really worth doing. And there are a good number that are worth doing and yet easy.

zerr
Playing with kids is _hard_, but necessary.
opminion
Certainly it is not necessary for kids that adults play with them. Nor teach them to walk nor correct them when learning to speak.
maxsavin
taking on the risk of starting a company.
EFruit
something nobody under 18 should be told about.

But hey, what do I know?

espeed
the purest form of meritocracy.