[Written by Grok and Claude. Image credit.] Picture the founder who has everything going right. Strong relationships, engaging hobbies, financial security well beyond necessity, and a business experiencing explosive growth — revenue up multiple times in just a few months. Wins are stacking. The company is thriving. By any external measure, life is objectively incredible.ContinueContinue reading “From Hypergrowth to Quiet Fatigue: Reckoning with Success, Stress, and Stepping Off the Treadmill”
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You Built a Business. Nobody Taught You How to Run People. Now Everything’s on Fire.
[Written by Claude. Image credit.] You didn’t start your business to become a manager. You started it because you were great at something — cooking, building, selling, designing, fixing, creating — and at some point the opportunity was there and you took it. You figured the rest would sort itself out. And for a while,ContinueContinue reading “You Built a Business. Nobody Taught You How to Run People. Now Everything’s on Fire.”
Spear, Shield, and the Mind
[Written by ChatGPT] Long ago in ancient China, a merchant claimed to sell the strongest spear—able to pierce any shield—and the strongest shield—able to block any spear. When asked what would happen if the spear struck the shield, he had no answer. This contradiction gave rise to the word 矛盾 (máodùn), meaning “paradox” or “conflict.”ContinueContinue reading “Spear, Shield, and the Mind”
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