Earnestness is passion for its own sake

Создано 2021-10-24 · Обновлено 2022-06-04

The reason motives matter so much in Silicon Valley is that so many people there have the wrong ones. Starting a successful startup makes you rich and famous. So a lot of the people trying to start them are doing it for those reasons. Instead of what? Instead of interest in the problem for its own sake. That is the root of earnestness.

It’s also the hallmark of a nerd. Indeed, when people describe themselves as “x nerds,” what they mean is that they’re interested in x for its own sake, and not because it’s cool to be interested in x, or because of what they can get from it. They’re saying they care so much about x that they’re willing to sacrifice seeming cool for its sake.

Link:: http://paulgraham.com/earnest.html

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Главное в занятие [[предпринимательства]] следовать принципу “делай то что считаешь правильным” и будь в этом серьёзен.