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When founders mistake dysfunction for dedication

My co-founder and I both work sixteen hour days and we tell everyone how committed and scrappy we are but I think we're actually just really bad at saying no and we've built a company culture around our shared dysfunction.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You and your co-founder can't say no to anything and dress up your bad habits as dedication.

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