This blog has been dormant for a while, and there was a good reason for it :). Since early 2021, I’ve started on the founder’s journey of building Kanmon. Some lessons learned over the past year!
Almost all advice is not helpful.
Most advice is superficial and tends to be generic (and thus not really useful) because the advice giver lacks context. It’s also hard to give full context as so many variables are in play. Context matters a lot more than you think. This insight has made me terrified of advice-giving! I now tend to ask many more questions for context and orient more towards brainstorming rather than giving advice.
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