Comments on: An Epiphany.. http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/09/17/an-epiphany/ An online community engineer coping with the social media explosion Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Irene Walsh http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/09/17/an-epiphany/#comment-2988 Irene Walsh Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:47:37 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/09/17/an-epiphany/#comment-2988 d8nhofldkgdsoa0u d8nhofldkgdsoa0u

]]> By: Joe http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/09/17/an-epiphany/#comment-333 Joe Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:48:07 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/09/17/an-epiphany/#comment-333 Hehe, well, I have bungee-jumped twice before, so maybe I can give a few comments on bungee jumping eh? :-) First of all, you don't really need to psych up yourself when you're at the jumpsite. Just do it a step at a time, and when you reach the platform, count down and LEAP! When you take that analogy into found a startup, its quite similar actually. You take tiny, little steps in preparation for the founding of the company. For me, that was saving months of my salary while working at a dead-end job as a software developer. Then when its time, just type up the resignation letter and LEAP! Don't even think about consequences, just have faith in yourself, your vision, your abilities and just do it. Now.. the 2nd bungee jump, that's a little different. :-) I was scared shitless during my 2nd jump, because I KNEW what to expect now. To make things worse, the staff FORCED me to jump backwards, while leaning at a 45 degree angle out, with him holding onto my cord, for him to release at any time he wants... Taking this back into entrepreneurship, one can now understand why so many entrepreneurs, having failed once, do not try again at starting another company (I personally know of a few of these folks). They fully know what's going to happen now, since they've done it all before, so they have a better inkling of the kind of hardship they're going to face, and sadly, because of this fear, many do not try the 2nd time. Now skydiving... that's another story. I'll save that for another time. :-) Hehe, well, I have bungee-jumped twice before, so maybe I can give a few comments on bungee jumping eh? :-)
First of all, you don’t really need to psych up yourself when you’re at the jumpsite. Just do it a step at a time, and when you reach the platform, count down and LEAP!

When you take that analogy into found a startup, its quite similar actually. You take tiny, little steps in preparation for the founding of the company. For me, that was saving months of my salary while working at a dead-end job as a software developer.

Then when its time, just type up the resignation letter and LEAP! Don’t even think about consequences, just have faith in yourself, your vision, your abilities and just do it.

Now.. the 2nd bungee jump, that’s a little different. :-) I was scared shitless during my 2nd jump, because I KNEW what to expect now. To make things worse, the staff FORCED me to jump backwards, while leaning at a 45 degree angle out, with him holding onto my cord, for him to release at any time he wants…

Taking this back into entrepreneurship, one can now understand why so many entrepreneurs, having failed once, do not try again at starting another company (I personally know of a few of these folks). They fully know what’s going to happen now, since they’ve done it all before, so they have a better inkling of the kind of hardship they’re going to face, and sadly, because of this fear, many do not try the 2nd time.

Now skydiving… that’s another story. I’ll save that for another time. :-)

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]]> By: bjornlee http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/09/17/an-epiphany/#comment-332 bjornlee Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:59:59 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/09/17/an-epiphany/#comment-332 knew someone was gonna say that.. Psychological safety nets differ for people less adventurous than you, my friend, such as me =) Its all about perspective.. Skydiving as a sport took off from its roots in the safety-conscious culture of the military. Whereas bungee jumping is really folkspeak for "cliff-jumping, with string(s) attached". Would i jump out of a plane thats 10,000 ft high with a parachute? Throw in a few hours of training from qualified instructors-ex-fighter pilots? hell yeah! Jump off a 5000 ft cliff with a string behind? hmmm... I gotta psych myself first for that.. knew someone was gonna say that.. Psychological safety nets differ for people less adventurous than you, my friend, such as me =) Its all about perspective..

Skydiving as a sport took off from its roots in the safety-conscious culture of the military. Whereas bungee jumping is really folkspeak for “cliff-jumping, with string(s) attached”.

Would i jump out of a plane thats 10,000 ft high with a parachute? Throw in a few hours of training from qualified instructors-ex-fighter pilots? hell yeah!

Jump off a 5000 ft cliff with a string behind? hmmm… I gotta psych myself first for that..

]]> By: Garry Huang http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/09/17/an-epiphany/#comment-331 Garry Huang Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:56:35 +0000 http://www.bjornlee.com/2006/09/17/an-epiphany/#comment-331 What, lack of psychological safety-net? You must be kidding... :) They all have the same safety nets! What, lack of psychological safety-net? You must be kidding… :) They all have the same safety nets!

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