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Comment by caffeine

You are the boss of a company of one. Your company sells labor to the labor market, it makes investments in assets, it borrows funds, etc.

It’s your job to decide how that company is run. It’s your job to decide what investments that company needs to make to get good returns.

It’s also your job to interpret the contracts your company enters into and decide what is acceptable, and to appropriately risk-manage legal hazard, reputational hazard, etc.

There is nobody else to run this company. It does not have a right to a good outcome. A lot of companies fail. Your company of one WILL fail if you make poor decisions.

When you truly internalise that last fact is when you become an adult.

(Edit: clarified that the last paragraph refers to the previous one specifically)

parent caffeine 4 years ago

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