Mailbag! Beating Idea FOMO, The Best Stories for Founders, and Simple Startup Math

Today, we're digging into the mailbag to answer some common questions. We hit on how to actually commit to a startup idea when you aren't confident it'll work (featuring the Discipline + Strategy Levers), the most frequent advice I give (feat. Monkeys and Pedestals and Sell the Position), and a question on the startup decision - should you do a thing that'll take 10 years? TackleboxGood Strategy Bad Strategy   00:30 Mailbag 01:53 Question One: How to Commit to an Idea 03:57 Discipline - Levers and Hooks 05:42 Marathon Programs 11:30 Strategy - Where to Run 19:00 Smooth Jazz 19:21 Question Two: The Key Stories 20:22 Monkeys and Pedestals 23:00 Sell the Position 25:07 The $10K Prompt 25:53 Question Three: How Old Will You Be?