Living the founder or builder life is like a permanent oscillation between “I feel so good” and “I feel shitty”—and this is something common with creative people that it often gets passed off with a laugh. But what would it be like to take notice of our moods and energy patterns, see what amplifies our effort and what saps out that enthusiasm? Is there a way to change the outlook to our own thinking and observations, just as we are high on potential to achieve something? How to obsess less about us to learn more about us?
Matt Munson is the founder & CEO coach at Sanity Labs. Matt draws on his own experience as a venture-backed founder to help other founders, CEOs, and product builders navigate the journey of leadership, self-awareness, and team building. Prior to this, Matt co-founded Twenty20, the world’s largest crowd-sourced commercial image catalog.
Matt's article that relates to this video: https://www.mattmunson.me/make-friends-as-a-founder/
Matt and Aishwarya chat about navigating the intellectual loneliness most founders and product builders face—some of these uncertainties seem like a web surrounding us, cutting our ties with the community of friends and trusted people we tend to bank on. Making new friends could be hard, at least only until we let loose of the tight guard, and start to nurture relationships with people around us; be willing to take the first steps such as making time to meet and connect, being vulnerable whether it's a company or a product/people challenge we deal with, and seeking to believe in a shared community of trust.
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