The biggest difference between successful founders and everyone else isn't intelligence.
It's how long they're willing to look stupid before they're proven right.
People study successful founders for their morning routines, diets and productivity hacks.
I'd study their ability to make decisions with incomplete information.
Steve Jobs understood something most founders still don't:
people don't always know what they want until you show them something they can't imagine living without.
Elon Musk is a perfect example of why execution matters more than having a good reputation.
People can argue about his personality all day.
The companies still exist.
Nobody talks about how boring progress feels while you’re actually living through it.
You just keep showing up until one day, it suddenly looks like success.