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185: The Monkey and the Pedestal

The Bootstrapped Founder

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The Monkey and the Pedestal

The key to success in these situations is prioritizing and tackling the most difficult and important tasks first rather than focusing on the easier and more manageable ones. The software engineering culture that most solopreneurs come from teaches the work paradigm of small improvements. This task-subtask approach has been training us to disassemble the monkey into a Russian nesting doll of miniature pedestals.

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