The Psychology of Ambition

The Psychology of Ambition

Fantastic Builders and Where to Find Them

The Right Kind of “Crazy”

A conversation with serial entrepreneur Esther Crawford

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Dr. Gena Gorlin
Oct 28, 2024
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Builder spotlight: Esther Crawford

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Principles on display: self-honesty as the foundation for self-trust; agency is what makes us human; your life as the measure

I’d been wanting to sit down with Esther Crawford ever since I saw her legendary tweet about the time when she went against conventional wisdom and put her own savings into her startup.

My first encounter with this tweet was through Paul Graham’s quote tweet commenting on it:

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