Fascinating. This reminded me greatly of yesterday's article on Shai Agassi and the failure of Better Place [0].
Both accomplished people, both were able to have brilliant ideas and ambitious plans, but when the rubber meets the road, they're delusional about the challenges they have and reject the reality that there are problems afoot.
I'm reminded of a quote: "Great entrepreneurs are stubborn contrarians and eternal optimists." [1] Maybe this stubbornness and optimism is exactly what leads them to build something great in the beginning, but also what leads them to ignore reality later on.
Both accomplished people, both were able to have brilliant ideas and ambitious plans, but when the rubber meets the road, they're delusional about the challenges they have and reject the reality that there are problems afoot.
I'm reminded of a quote: "Great entrepreneurs are stubborn contrarians and eternal optimists." [1] Maybe this stubbornness and optimism is exactly what leads them to build something great in the beginning, but also what leads them to ignore reality later on.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7584093
[1] http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131015141133-15...