Perfect information doesn’t exist. You’re always making a bet with incomplete data. The question is whether you make that bet early, when the sta… - Marc Randolph

A lot of people spend decades pushing, pushing, pushing with the idea that they will “make up for it someday”, only to wake up one day wondering where their life went.

There's this myth floating around startup land that says you just pound away forever and never give up—that if you persevere long enough, success will inevitably come knocking.

But that's bullshit.

Don't get me wrong....I'm a huge believer in persistence.

But there's a crucial difference between productive persistence and just being stubborn.

And knowing which one you're practicing?

Well, that's the hard part.

The thing about trust: you can lose it in thirty seconds.

Getting it back takes forever — if it comes back at all.