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Hate the Process

The journey is the reward. You’ve heard it a million times. Learn to love the process, not the results, and you’ll never worry again. You’ll be successful every day. Grow taller. Lose 10 pounds. I get it. Focus on the process, which you can... | Ninjas and Robots | Makes stuff. Previous: Founder of writing software Draft, CEO of Highrise. Also founder of two YC companies. Engineer for President Obama’s re-election campaign.

And I realize, these tricks have helped me build companies, run 1,200 miles a year, and get through the awful parts of other projects. But we’ve been doing this since we were ancient eating honey with our disgusting plant and beetle potions. (The far superior film of the Hocus franchise, by the way) It distracts from the burning glue smell and the dreaded task of figuring out how to draw eyes for my dinosaur head.

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