it’s time to lock in - vik's thoughts

the past couple months have been crazy professionally and personally. i’ve been approached by quite a few investors for what i was building. i have a top secret offer at a new hedge fund. i’ve met the most amount of genuine people the past couple months. but i’ve been locked out (for those of you unfamiliar it’s the opposite of locking in) i think the inherent issue is i’ve let praise and other’s gratitude corrupt my mind. i’ve spent this year helping quite a few people professionally and personally, which has resulted in a lot of positive conversations. and people (or at least the people you should be surrounding yourself with) are extremely positive and supportive which can translate to overpraise. i’m not saying the praise and gratitude is not genuine; it’s just that it’s with minimal context. no one knows your journey better than you. people tend to hear and celebrate your successes. people don’t know and can’t fully feel your failures. it’s kind of weird it got to my head because

the past couple months have been crazy professionally and personally. i’ve been approached by quite a few investors for what i was building. i have a top secret offer at a new hedge fund. i’ve met the most amount of genuine people the past couple months. but i’ve been locked out (for those of you unfamiliar it’s the opposite of locking in) i think the inherent issue is i’ve let praise and other’s gratitude corrupt my mind. i’ve spent this year helping quite a few people professionally and personally, which has resulted in a lot of positive conversations. and people (or at least the people you