Reminder: Eight (8) days left to submit your YC application.

Re:Reminder: Eight (8) days left to submit your YC application. by maxklein on Thursday October 09, 2008 @12:47PM (#327991)

I've not got the stuff for Y Combinator. I've come to accept my own mediocrity. Just the same way I'm not going to go run a marathon against people who have trained for years.

Someday, you guys should try accepting that you are not extraordinarily clever. It's very liberating.

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Re:Reminder: Eight (8) days left to submit your YC application. by fallentimes on Thursday October 09, 2008 @01:07PM (#328021)

I agree that it shouldn't be a "life goal" or something equally ridiculous. But honestly, I applied on a whim. If I hadn't, I most likely would have been laid off from my job last week.

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Re:Reminder: Eight (8) days left to submit your YC application. by alex_c on Thursday October 09, 2008 @02:27PM (#328097)

shrug

I don't think I'm extraordinarily clever (not compared to some of my friends from university, or to many of the posters here).

I do try to challenge and improve myself. Just like with the marathon, training does make a difference.

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Re:Reminder: Eight (8) days left to submit your YC application. by alecco on Monday October 13, 2008 @07:17PM (#331701)

Dude, don't condition yourself. And the answer is right there in your words, you picked a great analogy. Start now training for next year! Make a plan. Have a progress log. Make a mockup. Make a prototype.

- A marathon runner

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