Dharmesh Shah credits his success not to talent but to grinding for decades. He positions himself in the overlap of being slightly smarter than people who work harder and willing to work harder than people who are smarter.
What portion of your success has been, I'm just willing to shut up and focus on this for 20 years, as opposed to actually being amazing or good at product and marketing and things like that?
I'm not that special, candidly. It's like I'm willing to grind it out more than people that are smarter, and I'm a little bit smarter than people that are willing to grind it out. That's my Venn diagram.
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