A founder who felt down got dramatically better mood and agency by shifting from thinking about a problem to working on it, even when only 1% progress was made, because action beats rumination.
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Unidentified Speaker — Ravi Gupta (Sequoia) Opens Up About The Realities of Succes… [gXJAnh-iSTc]Evidence Quote
“he said, 'instead of just thinking about the problem in the last few weeks, we've just started working on it.'”
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Ravi Gupta (Sequoia) Opens Up About The Realities of Success | E164— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/11/2026, 12:54:44 AM
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