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When founding teams avoid establishing working norms

My two co-founders and I have very different working styles and we've been trying to accommodate everyone instead of establishing clear norms, which means nothing gets decided efficiently and we're all frustrated but trying to be considerate. We're being so respectful that we're paralyzed.

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You're all so busy being polite that nothing ever gets decided.

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