Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-status

Re:Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-st... by justin66 on Friday October 23, 2020 @12:55PM (#24871463)

> Folks in the status professions (banking, law,..) often tell me they want to become an entrepreneur. I always tell them, you wont do it. They attended the right school, joined the right firm, attained that corner office. As a founder they would give up all that, and their family and friends will tell them that they've made a massive mistake, for years, while it appears that nothing is happening.

> Then they sheepishly admit that this is true.

That might be less about agreement and more about politely getting the guy who's being deliberately discouraging to shut up.

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Re:Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-st... by nitrogen on Friday October 23, 2020 @01:55PM (#24872067)

There's a time and a place for it, but I feel like much stronger friendships are formed by people who can handle giving and receiving a bit of negativity / harsh reality now and then.

The superficiality of modern positivity obsession is a source of a lot of problems, because people don't have a tight-knit network who will be there for each other through thick and thin.

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Re:Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-st... by justin66 on Friday October 23, 2020 @06:48PM (#24875163)

The phrase I always tell them, you wont do it specifically doesn't strike me as the words of the helpful, skeptical voice of reason, but perhaps I'm reading too much into a careless phrasing. It sounds to me like the words of a superior know-it-all douchebag, not the hard-nosed, skeptical advice of a worthwhile friend. YMMV.

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