I’m jealous of people who can quit their jobs

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IEatBBQ

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IEatBBQ
Jun 17, 2021 10 Comments

I have a startup idea but I’m not brave enough to pursue it.

It’s insane to me how some people can be so bold in life. Steve Jobs went to college, just smoked weed and chilled on the lawn, going to random classes and messing around, and then somehow still started a successful company, he was not worried about his future at all.

Like WTF is that type of chutzpah and how does one acquire it? To know that even though you’re fucking off in life, you will still be successful because you have drive and vision.

Any bold people here want to share their stories? Is everyone on Blind a square?

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  • My opinion might be very unpopular but:

    Clearly the people you have in mind as “bold” maybe were simply privileged.

    If someone doesn’t have a strong family structure and knows that this person is all by themselves, they know that they have to buy food to eat, pay rent, and pay school loans all by themselves. If not even more, many young grads carry the implicit weight ob them of having to provide for their parents or family too.

    Clearly, Steve Jobs and other “bold” people didn’t have these problems. Still, of course he and others are brilliant, capable, and impressive people with brilliant and impressive minds. Nonetheless, they also have been able to bring themselves to the fullest of their capability also because they had the privilege to AFFORD to take risks.

    A first generation student, or any student from a poor background, maybe even immigrant, who doesn’t have the parents to back them up with tuition fees, cannot AFFORD to risk everything.

    So don’t compare yourself. It’s a mix of things: having the courage but also being able to financially afford to have that courage.
    Jun 17, 2021 2
    • Google / Eng
      rxAy21

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       rxAy21
      Agree, an immigrant would have a very different perspective and set of priorities compared to say, someone whose parents and entire family are already settled in the country and are financially stable.
      Jun 17, 2021
    • Jobs was the child of Syrian immigrants and was put up for adoption. His parents wanted him to be adopted by wealthy educated people, but couldn’t. His adoptive father was a mechanic and neither the adoptive mother or father had a college education. Jobs dropped out of college because he didn’t think his parents could afford it.
      Jun 17, 2021
  • Tesla
    driving#1

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    driving#1
    You also start smoking weed. It's essential.
    Jun 17, 2021 0
  • Uber / Eng
    What'sUp

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     What'sUp
    The probability that Steve Jobs became a big name and his startup worked out was miniscule. If you plan and go for your startup, it will be much higher.
    Jun 17, 2021 0
  • New
    buildgood

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    buildgood
    Recent founder here and by no means I am successful or anything but I made the jump 10 months ago to do my thing. I am an immigrant and I left my job within a month of getting my GC. What was my motivation - having no regret later in life, having no debt (we don’t own a house), having no kids and having a supportive partner.
    The reasoning was simple - if I don’t do it now, I would probably never do it and regret it for the rest of my life. That fear of regret was bigger than the fear of failing and I jumped.
    It’s still very early but I have never felt this energized and creative in my life. I literally have 1 meeting a day. Rest of the time, I am building, designing or writing copy. The freedom and room for creativity is intoxicating ( not exaggerating) and allows me to test my limits.
    Having said that, it is a lot of work - like 14 hours every day, even on weekends. It is not for everyone and you have to be a highly optimistic person because shit won’t work and customers would give brutal feedback but you got to keep on going.
    Jun 17, 2021 0
  • Google / Eng
    elon_cusk

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     elon_cusk
    If you‘re scared of the risks before you even start, it‘s not likely you‘ll get far.

    The best thing you can do is just take the leap of faith.

    I myself have taken that leap of faith 3x. First time was relatively successful, last two were emotionally exhausting failures, which ended up losing me a large amount of the money I made in the first one. Regardless, they were all fun, I learned a lot each time, and I‘m prolly going to take the leap again within the next year.

    The best advice I can give you is live your life like you‘re writing an epic. No one wants to read about the dude who lives with regret and „wished they tried.“

    If you fail, you fail. Believe in yourself that you will recover, and eventually you‘ll write yourself into the ending you want.

    Edit: For what it‘s worth, for my first startup I took a semester off college (eventually came back) while having $200, a family with no real assets, and a really shitty Windows Surface Laptop to my name. You‘re likely in a better position than I was 😅
    Jun 17, 2021 0