Imagine you’re rolling a snowball uphill. With each step, it grows in size and weight. But the climb gets harder and harder.
Everyone around you admires your success. You're exhausted, but proud. Still, there’s that gnawing worry growing day by day. You feel your position growing more precarious. As if all this success were being held up not by a strong rope but by a thin thread.
If you don’t change your approach, disaster is inevitable.
Now, imagine a different scenario. Same hill, same snow, same you. But this time, there’s no need to push anything uphill. Just let a small snowball roll down.
Gravity will do the work, quickly turning it into a snowball, then into an avalanche.
Notice the principle here: results can grow infinitely as your effort approaches zero. This ideal may be unattainable, but it’s valuable as a guiding star.
So, here’s a formula for business and life:
Find a position where the environment works with you.
Put in effort to create necessary and sufficient conditions.
Make time to observe when the context changes.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
About me:
As a business therapist, I help tech founders quickly solve dilemmas at the intersection of business and personality, and boost company value as a result.
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