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You only win once (justinjackson.ca)
3 points by mijustin on Nov 21, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



Thanks for sharing this Justin. It's refreshing, mainly as in my mind it allows for guidance on what to let go of and hold on to, and potentially when to do it. I imagine you can only hold turtle position for so long, though if you can manage to find the fun and creative part to it, then you can keep doing it for quite awhile; Makes me think holding the turtle position without creativity would build resentment - which leads to all kinds of terrible..


Yes! We often hold on to our "past success" - unfortunately it doesn't really matter what you've done. It's all about what you're doing now, and what you're going to do.


Agreed. :)


I love the themes of reinventing yourself, starting from scratch, and how we derive ultimate meaning from the communities we invest in.

Mullen makes a poignant comparison between the open source community and the skateboard community.




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