Becoming an "asshole" takes a lot of courage for founders who are not natural at it. Ultimately, its about a larger good at cost of some collateral damage, and one needs to take them in stride. Mr. Nice Guy doesn't survive in tough times.
Every journey has its challenges, the ups and the downs, but I wish you the best of luck, sir! For the sake of TWT's shared vision and mission, we hope you'll continue to be the consumers' Dark Knight.
I think we have been conditioned to be fit in a box how entrepreneur should be? we never realise that way we evolve as person from childhood, to teen to adult to middle age and beyond we need to change as entrepreneur. It is important to be authentic , stick to value system and be open to change.
This one hits home, and then some. Being able to hold one's authentic self through both peacetime and wartime is hard, but separates the real you vs the...well...a$$hole who was only pretending to be nice earlier! Reveals the 'inner core' minus the husk. Good to see you are honest to a great mirror in the form of an equally honest team.
Loved this piece, chewing on it as context is timely!
context for this, i assume, is always timely :)
Becoming an "asshole" takes a lot of courage for founders who are not natural at it. Ultimately, its about a larger good at cost of some collateral damage, and one needs to take them in stride. Mr. Nice Guy doesn't survive in tough times.
Phenomenal piece
Every journey has its challenges, the ups and the downs, but I wish you the best of luck, sir! For the sake of TWT's shared vision and mission, we hope you'll continue to be the consumers' Dark Knight.
Wish more founders could accept this, speak about it and that more of them were understood better. :)
I think we have been conditioned to be fit in a box how entrepreneur should be? we never realise that way we evolve as person from childhood, to teen to adult to middle age and beyond we need to change as entrepreneur. It is important to be authentic , stick to value system and be open to change.
This one hits home, and then some. Being able to hold one's authentic self through both peacetime and wartime is hard, but separates the real you vs the...well...a$$hole who was only pretending to be nice earlier! Reveals the 'inner core' minus the husk. Good to see you are honest to a great mirror in the form of an equally honest team.