10. It takes two years for the entrepreneur to be humbled: to move from “I know best” to “the market knows best,” from telling to listening.
9. We can’t know it all, and we are wearing ourselves out trying to get there.
8. Assume people want to help instead of being disappointed that they don’t. Help them help you by telling them, “I need help.”
7. Pride goes before the fall. In a fast-growth company, the management team gets ahead of itself and believes whatever it can envision can become a reality.
6. The limit of our success is defined by our ability to trust.
5. Write one more check or move on? What makes the decision so incredibly difficult is the money you have already invested, combined with your ego.
4. The early-stage investor isn’t in the market. The entrepreneur is. The entrepreneur knows, really knows.
3. Our importance is given to us by others.
2. I believed I was letting go. I thought I did, but I didn’t. I’m sure the people around me saw it. I didn’t.
1. My superpower is either controlled by God or me. When God has it, I am an encourager. When I control it, I am a discourager.