Gary Ong | May 16th, 2022

Smile. Go ahead. Try it. Isn’t it peculiar that you can actually smile and laugh for no reason whatsoever? Then, your brain gets into action and gives you more reasons to smile.

Running a startup can be a lot of pain. There are the constant pressures of deliverables and deadlines. You’re worried about the runway, employees, technology, and just about everything else. Then, we top that off with the mission. It’s good to have a mission, but having a mission also means knowing what happens if you fail. And, no one wants to fail. So, the pressure builds, and before you know it, founding and running a startup is pure pain. Pure suffering.

How will you ever deliver something good into the world if all you know and understand is pain? The things you build will always reflect who you are. Who you are should be more than pain.

And it can be. Just take the first step out of pain. Smile.

Image credit: Annie Spratt