Self-Awareness 🧘‍♂️(1/7)

• Don’t judge others.

• Don’t compare yourself with others.

• Don’t forget you are human.

• Know your strengths, weaknesses and aptitude — know yourself.

• Strangely, your weaknesses often triumph over your strengths unless you robustly control them with an iron fist.

• Appetite is greater than aptitude.

Execution & Growth 🚀(2/7)

• Starting something is exciting and easy; staying consistent and finishing is very tough. This is called “execution,” my friend.

• Success is never guaranteed, irrespective of who you are.

• Think long-term and short-term, and toggle between them as required.

• Manage expectations at all levels.

• Master self-control. Study better people and projects, but be original.

Failure & Feedback 📉(3/7)

• No need to win every argument.

• Real growth comes from negative feedback; no feedback is also feedback.

• Errors, rejections are your best friends.

• Knowing what not to do next is more important than knowing what to do.

• Don’t repeat the same mistakes.

• Some mistakes evolve over time and become right.

Perspective & Meaning 🌍(4/7)

• Life has no default meaning; you give it meaning.

• Life has no purpose; you can give life purpose if you want.

• Help others.

• Enjoy the journey and the experience — because in the end, that’s all that matters.

Relationships & Community 🤝(5/7)

• Everyone will hurt you, and you’ll hurt most people.

• Come what may, you are ultimately alone. No one is coming to help you; you are on your own — DIY.

• Building trust and a team online is difficult.

• No one wants to chat about your current projects (free tier deployment) and vision; everyone is busy chasing their own dreams.

• Once your SaaS reaches $10K MRR, suddenly everyone is ready to ignore their obligations and join you to scale it further.

• Don’t look for opportunities; create them for others.

• Behind every online connection, there is a real human — actually talk to them.

Ownership & Leadership 🏆(6/7)

• You always get less than you deserve and pay more than you owe.

• The materialistic world only rewards success and results.

• You reward effort and failure by learning from it.

• Take ownership of your failures.

• Take ownership of the failures of your team members under you.

Creativity & Appreciation 🎨(7/7)

• When you see a pyramid, a Van Gogh masterpiece, read Kafka, Orwell and Hemingway; listen to Beethoven, Bach and Schubert — don’t just clap and appreciate; try to understand the enormous effort and array of failures behind the final result.

• When you see something ugly, egregious or meet a pathetic prick — remember it was wonderful once, maybe for a brief time; then do whatever the hell you want.

• Your life--- is dream of many people.