In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about power struggle. A lot of us are used to hearing people telling us what we should and shouldn’t do, what we can and cannot achieve just because these people have tried it or have been in a similar situation. What they don’t realize though is the difference in capacity and skills. What works for them may not work for you, and what works for you didn’t work out for them.
Show Notes
In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about power struggle. A lot of us are used to hearing people telling us what we should and shouldn’t do, what we can and cannot achieve just because these people have tried it or have been in a similar situation. What they don’t realize though is the difference in capacity and skills. What works for them may not work for you, and what works for you didn’t work out for them.
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Resources:
What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:27 The value in having a level of power and control in an agency
- 02:45 When having somebody else determine your destiny wasn't going to work for you
- 11:01 Setting your own path and not allowing anyone to tell you what to do
- 16:36 Stop listening to what everybody else is telling you to do
- 23:31 If you can do it once, you can do it again
- 27:10 What if the investors investing in you aren't what you should be focused on?
- 28:36 Attaining power that wasn’t handed to you gives a sense of inner peace
- 33:43 Set your own terms so other people can set their own
- 37:34 Figure out how to create power for yourself and extend it to the world
What is Startup Therapy?
The "No BS" version of how startups are really built, taught by actual startup Founders who have lived through all of it. Hosts Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan talk candidly about the intense struggles Founders face both personally and professionally as they try to turn their idea into something that will change the world.