Balancing interest and excitement
My buddy Jeffrey has provided some great mentorship advice from his experience with TechStars
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This summer I better learned to harness and control my excitement. I know that it may sound strange, but it’s true. In learning to do that, I can now see how unbridled excitement can actually derail focus. I found that keeping my excitement in check allowed me to better give the teams what they often needed – which was for me to keep my mouth shut and simply be present as they answered their own questions simply by asking them out loud.
There’s nothing wrong with being excited. However, excitement is energy, and what you do with that energy is often times more important that the fact that it exists. Just because a car can go fast doesn’t mean it always should, right?
