Dan Rockwell gave a talk at Ohio State University encouraging attendees to pursue their goals and make a difference. He suggested that one should fight for traction in conversations and code every day, while beingware that delusions can be comforting but detached from reality. Rockwell advised attendees to close the gap between aspirations and accomplishments through hustle, and to hold each other accountable.

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2. I S T H E R E A S E AT F O R Y O U AT T H E TA B L E ?

3. • asking the question implies no
• the mission is to manifest that seat
• the “making” makes you the reason why everyone else
is there

4. E V E RY D AY Y O U M U S T F I G H T F O R T R A C T I O N

5. • conversations
• code
• code and conversations exposed to discomfort
• audacity that your worth it

6. B E WA R E Y O U R D E L U S I O N

7. • its the source of your power
• its what wakes you up in the morning, and keeps you
coding till 4AM
• its also highly comfortable, safe, fiction, limitless
• harness it but keep it exposed to the light of reality

8. C L O S E T H E G A P

9. • the heart of hustle is looking legit and then closing the
gap on the possibility you’re not

10. H O L D E A C H O T H E R A C C O U N TA B L E

11. G S D

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