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by pejapeja 5093 days ago
It's true that nothing really stops you from just doing it, but in my opinion without anyone there to anticipate your accomplishment it's hard to motivate your self. Sure if you have natural talent, meaning you can naturally generate motivation without anyone's positive feedback. But without any positive external feedback your natural motivation will probably die out.

I can relate to the author in many ways, but I didn't take that lesson away from my time in school. In my view, I was born with a natural motivation to invent and analyze things, and my struggle was to find the right environment, with the right people and tools that could grow this motivation rather than killing it with indifference. It's all about meeting the right people who gives you that push.

The author said he didn't need any professor to get started, it's true, but he did need a friend to give him that push, that showed him that at least someone wanted to see him "do it".

1 comments

Thanks for commenting, and I agree that it is often all about surrounding yourself with good people.

I can already tell that the motivation/drive part is one of the larger challenges. My approach to it so far is to work on something I know I can passionate about for years. But who knows? It has only been a few months. When I've gotten further into this entrepreneurship thing, I'll probably write a post on how I've succeeded/or failed at that challenge.

I wish you the best of luck!