War Is Not as Simple as It Seems
As a soldier, his judgment of value always lies in the war itself—his head count is the biggest contribution.
But in…
1. Figure out what people actually want.
2. Manually run through the monetization model yourself.
3. Use tools or hire help to scale your already-validated prototype system while keeping it profitable.
Being great at something has nothing to do with running a business. It's simply about identifying needs and fulfilling them.
Excellence alone isn't valuable. What matters is understanding market demand, diving in alone, and manually proving the profitability model before anything else.
A really outstanding person is someone who knows how to make others comfortable. This skill of making people comfortable doesn't necessarily come from genuine feeling, but your perception is as real as it gets, and then some.