Should You Follow Your Passion? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

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Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about solutions in search of a problem, whether or not to follow your passion, how to figure out what to work on, and how to motivate yourself. To create Rookies Mistakes we asked YC founders: Is there a simple fact you wish you knew when you started your company or a rookie mistake you wish you could take back? https://twitter.com/daltonc https://twitter.com/mwseibel Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 - Rookie mistakes 00:00:30 - Note from YC founder 00:00:53 - SISP - Solution In Search of a Problem 00:01:33 - Have an opinion 00:01:56 - != School 00:03:09 - How are you supposed to figure out what work on? 00:03:15 - What to do 00:03:36 - Follow your passion? 00:07:22 - No approval 00:08:42 - Motivators 00:10:33 - Traction 00:13:36 - New Passions 00:13:59 - Setting up motivators 00:14:59 - Game yourself 00:16:51 - Intrinsic motivators