Are you taking yourself too serious?

Never ceases to amaze me how offended some founders, mostly male, mostly during their first startup experience, get when anyone questions whether what they're doing perhaps isn't the mission from God they think it is.

Relax my friend, you are likely to fail, maybe even decide to close shop on your own accord.

It's okay not to be dead-serious all the time, it is okay to admit you have no clue once in a while, and it is okay if your idea/startup is not the best thing ever.

There will be another idea, another startup, and another go at it later on. So take it easy with the cocky attitude, learn and make friends along the way. You'll need it.

(this could have been written about me when I started my first company at 30 and was that founder....)

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