Every founder has a hero. Someone who made the bold, contrarian move, quit the safe job, ignored the market research, bet the company on one wild idea and it worked. So we study that move. We try to run the same play.
That bold move your favorite founder made, other founders made the same bet and disappeared. You never heard about them
So the "formula" you're studying is really just one coin flip that landed well, dressed up as a strategy.
You can't even see your own wiring to know if that move fits you. The way you're wired feels like "just how things are" from the inside. It's invisible to you precisely because it's *you*.
Stop asking "what did they do?"
Start asking "what am I actually built for?"
Build as yourself. Not as your favorite case study.
👇 What move are you copying right now that might not even be yours to make?