YOU COULD JUST CHOOSE OPTIMISM

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

Two old men on separate flights both ordered champagne - one complained it wasn't good enough and spent the flight grouchy, the other was genuinely happy to be drinking free alcohol while flying over the Alps. As a founder, you face this choice daily: complain about investor rejections, bugs, and competition, or stay genuinely excited about building something new. Complainers hide behind "high standards", but choosing optimism doesn't mean accepting mediocrity - it means not letting every setback poison your energy, because in startups, your mood becomes your team's mood and eventually your company's culture.