If like me you grow weary of the pressure cooker, sleep deprived pseudo existence popularised by startup mass media - where apparently every startup founder / man / woman / chihuahua is “crushing it”.
Here’s the anti-mantra for a normal life to set you free:
I give myself permission to fail at startups.
I give myself permission to fail at being a dad.
I give myself permission to fail at being a husband.
I give myself permission to fail at being an employee.
I give myself permission to fail at intermittent fasting / [fill in the blank] diet.
I give myself permission to fail at lifting the weights I want to lift.
I give myself permission to walk away from phone calls, messages and social media.
I give myself permission to relax, unwind, play and sleep.
I give myself permission to put 110% into everything I do.
But I also give myself permission to fail.
