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I Wish Somebody Told Me the Real Reason Entrepreneurs Struggle Daily. Now, I Know.

5 min readMay 13, 2025

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Take time to pause, reflect, and think. Photo by Maxim Ilyahov on Unsplash

It is easy to find entrepreneurs with a big dream.

It is also easy to find disgruntled entrepreneurs. They are within an arm’s reach, digital or physical.

Let’s see whether you find these soundbites familiar.

“I will crush all competition when my AI-supercharged-backend-infrastructure is ready.”

“I have no interest in making small money. I am focused on exponential growth.”

“I believe in owning my audience and collecting emails. Money comes later.”

I hear these aspirational and adrenaline-driven statements many, many times. Yes, our eyes are focused on our envisioned long-term success. And yes, we must shoot for the stars.

But too many aspirational entrepreneurs I know forget this natural law that cannot be annihilated by their sheer persistence or drowned in pools of sweat and blood.

We are always living within the box of today.

And tomorrow is always coming… but it never does.

The tyranny of long-term thinking

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Aldric Chen
Aldric Chen

Written by Aldric Chen

Singaporean. 24x Top Writer (as of June 2023). Eavesdropper. I uncover interesting stories around me.