Earnestness
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- A genuine interest in something is a very powerful motivator for some people, the most powerful motivator of all.[3]Which is why it’s what Jessica and I look for in founders. But as well as being a source of strength, it’s also a source of vulnerability. Caring constrains you. The earnest can’t easily reply in kind to mocking banter, or put on a cool facade of nihil admirari. They care too much. They are doomed to be the straight man. That’s a real disadvantage in your teenage years, when mocking banter and nihil admirari often have the upper hand. But it becomes an advantage later.