I am a failure (for my own standards) but here’s why that’s ok
Hey IH Mates,
Time for my weekly random a** post 😵 (Jk it's a goal for me to publish once a week on Sunday, you can tell me if it's random in the comments 😛)
## Why do I feel like a failure sometimes?
In general
When I started building products I wanted to build sustainable products that people find useful and that improve their lives but I have yet to make a sustainable product .
While I’ve built or helped build apps used by millions of people, pulling off something sustainable is hard especially in VC world when it’s either go big or go home and I haven’t managed to achieve this goal, so objectively looking back at what I set out to achieve, makes me feel like I've failed.
Recently
I like to think of myself to be a reflected person, yet I failed to reflect on one of our recent projects and had it drag out for way too long before taking a step back and reflecting on it all.
## Why is it ok?
It’s never too late to learn, “all” you have to do is be self-aware, accept responsibility for your mistakes and strive to be better than you were yesterday.
After all the only competition that matters when building a sustainable business is yourself.
## Why am I writing this?
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for myself to be open and transparent, one of the main values I strive to live by, step out of my comfort zone and place random Backlinks ofc 😏
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more importantly, for you if you ever feel like failing or giving up: It’s all normal and part of the process, if you ever feel down acknowledge that it’s part of the marathon of building a company that you’re running, learn what you can learn from whatever mistakes have been made, separate what’s in your control and what’s not and move on striving to be better tomorrow then you’ve been today
Let me know if you ever feel like this and how you deal with it in the comments below ❤️
Hey @nafetswirth! I came across your post about the virtues of Stoicism and that lead me to your weekly posts. I love transparency, it's tough to be this way and is uncomfortable at first but I believe it helps to accept yourself better, so thanks for sharing your experience! My turn; I often feel that I am not meeting my standards which brings frustration or that what I'm doing is never enough and that I could do better in general. The way I'm learning to deal with it is by reminding myself to live in the present moment to focus all my energy to the task at end (one day after another) and also be patient by letting time do his job (your daily actions will take to places you'd never expected in the first place). On the other hand, I believe that feeling unsatisfied with yourself means that you're aware, self-critic and looking for doing better, so "that's ok" 😉 Looking forward to read your weekly posts!
Yes very true.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts mate 🤙