WHAT'S WORTH WANTING?

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

Most of us chase things we don't actually want - we're copycats suffering from Mimetic Desire, unconsciously modeling our ambitions after what we see others wanting on Instagram and LinkedIn. The author realized his first startup was theater for other people, driven by founder models he looked up to and wanting to make his entrepreneurial dad proud, not what he actually wanted. Real desires are simple - work 3 hours daily on something meaningful, stay healthy, help people, and love family - but we get tricked into thin desires like viral posts and VP titles because we mistake someone else's articulation for our own resonance, so the key is developing taste by noticing what drains you versus what you do when nobody's watching.