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FOUNDER BOREOUT IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN FOUNDER BURNOUT

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Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

Founder burnout - pushing through those endless workweeks until you crash - gets all the headlines. However, what about founder boreout? That empty feeling when you're stuck doing boring admin tasks instead of the exciting work that made you start your company. Instead of scrolling Twitter while trudging through your inbox (which just makes it worse), try turning mundane work into games—racing to clear your tasks, creating smarter workflows, or finding clever hacks like Feynman did with his bean-cutting technique. Sometimes the fix for feeling bored isn't stepping back, but leaning in.