On Everyone Else

one very interesting thing is, i see almost everyone as competition.

if someone is very cracked, i suppose i do admire or want to be like that a bit, but i also dont want to lose to them.

but its interesting, cuz how am i supposed to leverage other people? thats one of the biggest gifts of the internet and the world: that there are a lot of people.

i suppose, just being in the arena is the answer. let me just build cool stuff, grind, find people who wanna work with me. ill make friends along the way.

how would Bill Gates think about this? how about Alexandr Wang or Patrick Collison?

I think they’d take a lot of action. That’d be their full priority. Especially Bill Gates. He’d just build the product, code for 12 hours. He wouldn’t scroll on twitter or check out his competitors’ instagram/youtube: that’s irrelevant. I must first of all do that. Afterwards, when you have momentum, everything becomes easier I think.

Obviously one big point is, in that case, you’re mostly working by yourself. Another option: find a world-class mentor, and work under them 7/24, like live with them level thing.

But to find the best mentor possible, you need good personal brand or something.

And in this regard, someone who has shown that they can be successful on their own has a lot of advantages. Cal AI guys, for example. A billionaire would love to have the founder of Cal AI under them.

And some things are just clear: focus on getting into a great university. And focus on building something people want. I have many side-projects right now, but even a new one, it can just make money, which is good.

tldr:

• take action, dont worry about competition. you’ll find and meet cracked people anyways, no need to network/worry.
• dont compare yourself to others who had success earlier or in a different way. every input amount is different. i’ve read a lot and listened a lot to history/companies. they might have just repeated a no-brainer playbook. so all you can do is put in the work everyday. if you do that, you will win. just dont waste time.