The Psychology of Ambition

The Psychology of Ambition

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A nugget of wisdom from my walk with Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia

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Dec 02, 2024
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Builder Spotlight: Sahil Lavingia

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Principles on display: The builder’s mindset as a third way; your life as the measure of all things; we build ourselves by building

A few weeks ago I went for a walk with Sahil Lavingia in San Francisco (in an affirming self-demonstration of the fact that you can just meet people). In case you haven’t heard of Sahil, he’s the CEO and founder of Gumroad, author of The Miminalist Entrepreneur, painter, and influencer who first built his massive following by telling the honest story of his failure to grow Gumroad into a billion-dollar company. That “failed” company has since helped creators earn over $1 billion dollars on its platform, by the way:

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