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Learning to stick to the plan after getting crushed for weeks or months is something that can instill the worst doubt in the most confident of people.
Learning to separate the feeling of results (both highs and lows) from the act of playing was one of poker's toughest lessons.
Pretty much every single unicorn except for Amazon and perhaps Uber. eBay, AirBnB, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat all seemed like strange ideas. Perhaps transformational businesses are supposed to sound totally nuts until you speak with the founders.
My thoughts as well. Empathy has its costs. I was wondering if exposure to swings was one of them.
PG, mind sharing some insight on the "Panic" nickname? I'm curious about how/if the two are related.
It was after bretton woods.