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Adam Jacob

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

But if I ask you to become good at a skill, if I ask you to become good at the skill of managing people or to become good at the skill of thinking about strategy in a company or to become reasonably facile with finance or with any of the hundreds of things you have to do in order to run a startup, those are jobs you can learn how to do enough of and become good enough at that they can become your vocation.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

But if I ask you to become good at a skill, if I ask you to become good at the skill of managing people or to become good at the skill of thinking about strategy in a company or to become reasonably facile with finance or with any of the hundreds of things you have to do in order to run a startup, those are jobs you can learn how to do enough of and become good enough at that they can become your vocation.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

and the sooner you can figure out how to turn it turn yourself into a professional doing a job instead of a person reaching for an identity the better off you'll be both in the things you can create in the world and also in how it feels to you as you move through the world because you can take that confidence in your skills and in your training and in your capacity to grow and use that as the fuel that moves you through all this difficult journey that sits ahead of you as an entrepreneur

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

and the sooner you can figure out how to turn it turn yourself into a professional doing a job instead of a person reaching for an identity the better off you'll be both in the things you can create in the world and also in how it feels to you as you move through the world because you can take that confidence in your skills and in your training and in your capacity to grow and use that as the fuel that moves you through all this difficult journey that sits ahead of you as an entrepreneur

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

and the sooner you can figure out how to turn it turn yourself into a professional doing a job instead of a person reaching for an identity the better off you'll be both in the things you can create in the world and also in how it feels to you as you move through the world because you can take that confidence in your skills and in your training and in your capacity to grow and use that as the fuel that moves you through all this difficult journey that sits ahead of you as an entrepreneur

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

Whereas if the fuel you're burning is, am I good enough? Am I smart enough? Will people like me? What happens to my family if I fail? What about my investor? You know, like all of that other stuff is very difficult, but you can put it all aside if this just becomes your vocation.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

Whereas if the fuel you're burning is, am I good enough? Am I smart enough? Will people like me? What happens to my family if I fail? What about my investor? You know, like all of that other stuff is very difficult, but you can put it all aside if this just becomes your vocation.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

Whereas if the fuel you're burning is, am I good enough? Am I smart enough? Will people like me? What happens to my family if I fail? What about my investor? You know, like all of that other stuff is very difficult, but you can put it all aside if this just becomes your vocation.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

Yeah, thank you for having me. So fun.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

Yeah, thank you for having me. So fun.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S9 E30: Adam Jacob, System Initiative

Yeah, thank you for having me. So fun.

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