Long-term collaboration depends on people who want to keep building together. This reflection connects with mutual commitment in a partnership: a shared direction matters beyond the first attractive opportunity.
Long-term collaboration beyond the first opportunity
Focus to work with Long-Term people.
Ignore people with Short-Term mindsets.
People who want “it” now and here, will not be successful in the long-term game, and life is a long-term game.
Turn Short-Term Games Into Long-Term Games.
Play Long-term Games With Long-term People.
People need each other to be successful.
The longer you work together, the more successful you’ll make each other. Until the cycle ends – and that’s the point with the highest return.
Many people will leave along the way for short-term success.
Or, in Naval’s words:
“𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮.
𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦.”𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵.”
Naval
