Midwit tendencies will destroy your ability to succeed as a founder. The midwit is an overthinker. They stomp out the will to act with endless questions and preparations for edge cases. They’re paralyzed by uncertainty. In search of perfection, they prevent progress. Rather than ship, they debug. Rather than sell, they research. There are two forces that impose midwitery onto the world: collective coping and fear of competition. To cope with learned helplessness and fear of change, midwits na...

Midwit tendencies will destroy your ability to succeed as a founder. The midwit is an overthinker. They stomp out the will to act with endless questions and preparations for edge cases. They’re paralyzed by uncertainty. In search of perfection, they prevent progress. Rather than ship, they debug. Rather than sell, they research. There are two forces that impose midwitery onto the world: collective coping and fear of competition. To cope with learned helplessness and fear of change, midwits na...