J Darrin Gross
I'd like to ask you, Kyle Kuderewski, what is the BIGGEST RISK?
Kyle Kuderewski
Yeah, I think this one for me, thinking about the investing risks all the time and whatnot, but I have to zoom out. And I like to go on a personal level, level here, and this is kind of why I got out of more of a corporate role, and what kind of led me down this investing path and this entrepreneurial path. So to me, I think the biggest risk is becoming too focused on immediate tasks and losing sight of long term strategic goals. So it's easy to get caught up in day to day demands and miss those opportunities for innovation, for growth. And what I mean by that is like, what am I doing day in and day out at my previous engineering job is that getting me where I want to be long term with the way my life's built? If I want to be able to work remote, or if I want to spend more time with family, or whatever the case is, I need to craft a life around that. So you talked about mitigating it. This is actually written here on my desk. I I schedule regular big check, check in big picture, like review sessions, where I assess my progress against my goals and identify where I need to adjust. And then the other way I mitigate that is I build accountability by sharing these goals with a colleague or a mentor. Mentors are huge, huge tool I use so that they can provide feedback and tell me, like, Yo, you're getting out of line here. This is not leading you toward the goals you want. You're too focused on the day to day, whatever the case may be. So to me, that's a really big risk, and it can you can lose tons and tons of time, years and years of your life if you're not paying attention to those big picture goals.
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