| My approach is usually as follows: 1. Identify a real person in whose position I would want to be 10 years from now. 2. Figure out the path from that person to my current situation. Usually this involves figuring out filling missing gaps along multiple dimensions: e.g. knowledge, connections, financial situation. 3. Create 5 year and 2 year checkpoints/goals on each of the dimensions. 4. Break 2 year plan into monthly goals. 5. Execute, learn, critically analyze every quarter. Brutally prioritize. 6. If there is a learning which requires major change in plan, start again from step 1. I think the most important part was step 1. Rest is execution. It is also important to align your goal with something that you are passionate about. You would need passion to drive you towards your goal. I put some of the thoughts on company building at [redacted] during sleepless nights with our baby. I will put more thoughts, especially around immigration sometime next year. |