Why Do We Dump Our Greatest Projects?

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40 points·merty··9 comments

Because our greatest projects have the greatest potential and therefore also the biggest risk involved.

Yeah - that used to me my classic avoidance pattern. "Damn - that's a good idea. Need to do that properly" ;-)

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Mert: this svbtle theme is nice but it makes you look cheap.

I'm not affiliated to svbtle in any way, just think that it's terrible taste to use such a blatant copy of someone else's website, specially for someone who works in tech.

Maybe you only think those projects were the best because you dumped them. Had you stuck with them, they may not look so good know. How do you know it's not hindsight bias?

As I mentioned in the text, I think they were the best in terms of usefulness.

Though you are right about the hindsight bias, there is no way to tell. Maybe, just like many human beings, I tend to glorify things I lost.

Multiple projects is the biggest obstacle for me. It often means I can't gauge correctly what has the potential to be great project.

I need to get a set of criteria for what I'm aiming for & then stick to it.

"Focus is saying 'no'" - Steve Jobs

We need to say no to the other 99 good ideas to focus on one that matters most.

Sometimes its something so non technical as relationships between coworkers or founders fall a part.

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