Friends who try and fail at positive sum games still learn and advance in some way, while those playing zero-sum games only have the option to cash out, missing out on the lessons along the way.

Our friends who tried and failed to do positive sum games, they almost always learned something or advanced in some way.

Like they almost always took something from that game with them that made them better off, even if they didn't win.

Whereas like the folks who are playing the 0 sum games, if you don't cash out, that was the only thing you could take out.

Like that was the only win is like getting out of the game.

They never get the lessons in little dabs along the way.

Like, you know, as kids, we're used to getting these little lessons along the way.

For these zero-sum games, often the lesson just comes fast and hard at the end.


Speaker 0: Our friends who tried and failed to do positive sum games, they almost always learned something or advanced in some way. Like they almost always took something from that game with them that made them better off, even if they didn't win. Whereas like the folks who are playing the 0 sum games, if you don't cash out, that was the only thing you could take out. Like that was the only win is like getting out of the game. They never get the lessons in little dabs along the way.

Like, you know, as kids, we're used to getting these little lessons along the way. For these zero-sum games, often the lesson just comes fast and hard at the end.

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Building a startup shouldn't be a zero sum game.