Ugh, another frivolous down vote. Why do people do this?
Anyways, experience certainly can strengthen us and give a soothing perspective to the hardships we are enduring. IMHO this makes it all the more important that you're really into a startup because you are passionate about it and have a more solid motivation factor than just money or, even worse, desperation.
Malice and incompetence seem like too narrow of a spectrum. I voted it down because I found it unhelpful for the purpose of further discussion. Saying "there is no quit" strikes me as pap, and merely a meme friendly way of saying that self-doubt is never productive.
As someone feeling trapped in a business and searching for meaning and purpose, I preferred that top billing on the page be elsewhere. What do you particularly like about this response that makes you think that no one would intentionally vote it down?
Fine, I'll elaborate. Didn't have the time when I posted it.
Creating a family, one learns quitting is just not an option. No matter how bad things get, no matter how beaten down or frustrated you get, no matter how much you want out, there is no "quit". Contrasted with that the notion of quitting for lesser reasons, say because a customer's buyer is being a pain or because a long-term goal is draining, is relegated to pathetic. Doesn't mean there is never a reason to stop or change course, but "quit" is no longer a viable option in one's personal philosophy.
Enduring heart surgery puts a new perspective on life. Going to sleep knowing you really might not wake up, and being at peace with the fact, means anything else can be endured given some time and effort. Waking up knowing your heart stopped beating for several hours - to wit you've been dead - means you _have_ endured the worst that can happen. The pain (having had your chest pried open with a car jack) raises the bar way above where it was, so you know no matter how much it hurts you can get thru it.
I have a dependent family; quitting is not an option.
I've been dead; all frustrations pale in comparison.
So yeah: there is no quit.
What should be and what is are still unfortunately sometimes different things. Look at deadbeat parents, or worse, parents that just run off. Sad to say, there is such a thing as quit for families, even if it's not right.
Agreed that surviving anything painful/risky helps you to get through new pain; heart surgery must definitely rank up there.
As I said: "Doesn't mean there is never a reason to stop or change course"; this is different from "quit" in terms of the article. You don't quit a family just because frustrations mount. Leaving to escape abuse isn't quitting, it's survival. There's a difference, which I was assuming was obvious (nonetheless, I expected someone would call me on not including a volume clarifying the obvious and disclaiming all inane misrepresentations; I decided not to include all that until someone went there).
Quitting stops the issue, but it then would often create a new set of problems (eg. income). The right thing to do is become a better person, become the solution, not the problem.
I didn't up- or down-vote it; I agree that it isn't really useful in this discussion, but he did make the additional point that "quitting" is a wholly different matter when family or life is at stake.
Some of us try to concisely communicate. It can look like a meme or whatever. Its helpful when it provides context or perspective. Its useless when it repeats cliches.
That post inparticular passes the test - its from their own experience and surely puts business and life in drastic perspective.
Objecting to top billing on the page, I find it more useful to post a cogent response of my own.
I understand that feeling trapped can make anyone behave oddly. I'm glad that here, folks can then work it out rationally. It was brave to step up and admit the act amid criticism.
Anyways, experience certainly can strengthen us and give a soothing perspective to the hardships we are enduring. IMHO this makes it all the more important that you're really into a startup because you are passionate about it and have a more solid motivation factor than just money or, even worse, desperation.