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Re:Ask HN: What do you struggle with? by nostrademons on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:52AM (#17874358)
"Where Buffet lets lower priority tasks slide or delegates them they still get done by his employees. If you do it then your house is going unmaintained or a relationship is getting neglected etc."

Perhaps that's the lesson.

I'm reminded of the startup aphorism "You don't have to be good if you're great." It's really a statement about market dynamics. If you are "great" (the monopoly provider of a service, asset, or technology that other people value) then you will attract capital and people who are "good" (hardworking and skilled people who specialize in the non-monopoly fields you need). You can then trade access to your skill for access to theirs, and do so with great leverage because there are many more of them than you.

If you don't have a monopoly skill or asset, then - assuming you want to take advantage of these market dynamics - your first priority should be to acquire one. And yes, that means that your house is going unmaintained and your relationships are getting neglected. So what?

Re:Ask HN: What do you struggle with? by fardo on Thursday August 30, 2018 @02:29PM (#17879352)
>And yes, that means that your house is going unmaintained and your relationships are getting neglected. So what?

Your relationships and the state of the environment you maintain for yourself are important.

Together, they likely have more impact on your long term happiness and physical and mental health than any kind of ability “to take advantage of these market dynamics”.

Re:Ask HN: What do you struggle with? by zeeed on Friday August 31, 2018 @01:52AM (#17883258)
And that makes them one of the top 5 for me