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We all want to be good parents. We want our choices to be the right ones. So, after we make the choices, there is a temptation to decide they are the perfect ones. Psychology has a name for this: avoiding cognitive dissonance.
Validate the feelings your child is having without having to manage all the other people. Many parents give too much weight to the feeling at hand. Kids quickly learn that this is an excellent tool for controlling the people around them, and remember, control is exactly the thing they are looking for. So let’s give them some actual calm control in managing their feelings.
Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler
Jamie Glowacki
But the way the vast majority (dare I say 99.5%) of all businesses in this world that succeed in the long-term – be they large or small, high-growth startup or lifestyle business – is to find a market that is willing to pay them money for *something*.
That *something* can be dry cleaning services, invoicing software, or hosted salesforce automation. What matters is finding a group of people who need your *something* more than they need the money you’re charging for it.
Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer’s Guide to Launching a Startup
Walling, Rob
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