[vhiremath4]

I like to think about my long pursuits as achieving a kind of purpose at a certain point in my life. What is the purpose of me needing to be working on my own thing? If I execute against the idea with that in mind, I usually go further. Once I’m done with a given purpose layer, a new purpose emerges (not always right away).

I’ve been working on my current company for almost 8 years. At first mine (and my co-founders’) purpose was to just give it a go. We expected it to fail and for us to have to go back to our jobs. None of us actually cared about the idea we were initially working on (thank god it shifted and pivoted to something more personally fulfilling). We cared about trying it for real with our best friends (quitting work, working long hours, etc.).

When we hit our first real wave of traction, the purpose changed to “let’s take this thing as far as possible from a scale perspective”.

Basically, I’ve never thought about doing something because the idea itself is what’s carrying me especially for a company where pivots are necessary to increase my chance of success (almost all software companies). Not prescribing this way of thinking to anyone else. Putting it out there in case it resonates.

[throwaway-001]

Thanks for sharing.

> Basically, I’ve never thought about doing something because the idea itself is what’s carrying me.

On the opposite spectrum, I don't think I can do something unless the idea itself is what’s carrying me.