Two speakers debate what keeps a project alive. Speaker B argues you don't need external motivation, just importance. He dismisses optimism and pessimism alike, saying the only mindset that matters is finish-at-all-costs, even if it means dying trying.
Where do you go to for source of strength needed to sort of persevere through this, to keep going with the project, take it to completion?
A source of strength? That's really not how I think about things. I mean, for me, it's simply this is something that is important to get done, and we should just keep doing it or die trying. And I don't need a source of strength. So quitting is not even like— That's not in my nature. And I don't care about optimism or pessimism. Fuck that. We're going to get it done.
And there have been so many great salespeople come into business around me that I just outlasted. It's got me where I'm at today.