By priority, perhaps, but not by secondary factors. Kitesurfing is something you decide to do, and you can do it on your own time with some outside assistance. Building a great company requires a greater time investment, but you're still (usually) in the driver's seat. You choose who to hire, and who to fire. There are complications, of course, but ultimately you are in control.
Finding an amazing woman (or significant other in general)? I feel like there's a lot more luck and effort from an outsider (the relevant other person) than either of the others. And you can only put your eggs in one basket at a time. There's no AB testing, lean, agile, failing fast. It works, or it doesn't, and sometimes things are looking great and suddenly leave a giant crater you have to climb out of. So perhaps it's the one that's the least certain in terms of how long it will take? Just a thought, might be wrong :)
Great point. I wanted to say something similar. Sometimes it's best to focus on things you can control rather than put all your emotional desire on things you can't. It's dangerous to put "raising a family" as one of your dreams in life.. when you don't know if your wife is infertile, or whether she'll even be around for the rest of your life... building a startup is at least something you have some power over, borrowing going blind or being paralyzed, and even then you can just be the boss and give commands to someone :)
You may! I listed them sequentially. I started kitesurfing 10 years ago. A business 5 years ago and I want to start a family at some point in the future.
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Dare I suggest you have the three priorities sorted in the wrong order?
By priority, perhaps, but not by secondary factors. Kitesurfing is something you decide to do, and you can do it on your own time with some outside assistance. Building a great company requires a greater time investment, but you're still (usually) in the driver's seat. You choose who to hire, and who to fire. There are complications, of course, but ultimately you are in control.
Finding an amazing woman (or significant other in general)? I feel like there's a lot more luck and effort from an outsider (the relevant other person) than either of the others. And you can only put your eggs in one basket at a time. There's no AB testing, lean, agile, failing fast. It works, or it doesn't, and sometimes things are looking great and suddenly leave a giant crater you have to climb out of. So perhaps it's the one that's the least certain in terms of how long it will take? Just a thought, might be wrong :)
Great point. I wanted to say something similar. Sometimes it's best to focus on things you can control rather than put all your emotional desire on things you can't. It's dangerous to put "raising a family" as one of your dreams in life.. when you don't know if your wife is infertile, or whether she'll even be around for the rest of your life... building a startup is at least something you have some power over, borrowing going blind or being paralyzed, and even then you can just be the boss and give commands to someone :)
You may! I listed them sequentially. I started kitesurfing 10 years ago. A business 5 years ago and I want to start a family at some point in the future.