Topic: Mindset

Understanding why the assumptions, opinions, and attitude you take toward your work have a significant impact on whether or not you succeed.

Topic: Mindset

Building software is overwhelming and it's easy to feel like you're inadequate.

 

- When you get stuck it's easy to want to quit.

- Taking breaks and giving yourself room to breathe and think is important.

- Avoid getting stuck in the "guilt loop." You have to accept that the path to building your product will have lots of bumps.

- When you do get overwhelmed or stuck, having the right mindset—a positive one—is what can make the difference between giving up or pushing forward.

Topic: Mindset

Understand that it's a game. In order to be the best player, you have to do the things that other people are NOT willing to do.

 

- How well you do this will dictate how much success you can find.

- Separate you from your business. If you're looking to be famous, rich, etc., you have to operate differently in your business than you do in your private life.

Topic: Mindset

Think long-term. Internalize and accept that you will not get rich quickly.

 

- Nobody gives a shit that you launched a product. It's what you do after that counts.

- Shift your thinking toward showing up every day and putting effort into your product. An hour, thirty minutes, doesn't matter.

- Start identifying where you want things to be in a year, five years, ten years. Spec out your plans based on that.

- Realize that you don't have to do it all RIGHT NOW. Patience is essential. Otherwise, you'll burn yourself out.