⏳ Determination is will balanced by discipline

Hey there,

More notes from Founders Podcast on Paul Graham’s Essays:

💎 The most important predictor of success is determination. After a while determination tends to look like talent. The simplest form of determination is willfulness.

💎 Being strong willed is not enough, you also have to be hard on yourself. Determination implies that your willfulness is balanced by discipline. The stronger your will, the less anyone will argue with yourself and someone has to argue with you, because everyone has base impulses.

💎 If you have more will than discipline, you will just give into them (base impulses). The more willful you are, the more dangerous it is to be undisciplined.

These quotes really hit home as I think they really relate to me. I consider myself strong willed but relatively undisciplined.

Kind regards,

Jay