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		paul on July 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Love People, Not Pleasure Those certainly aren't my goals, nor the path that I have followed or advised for others. For me, and for the most successful founders that I've known, creation is primarily an intrinsic activity.

zt on July 20, 2014 | [–]

Ya, can't underline this sentiment enough.

I think that making money or fame have to be incidental goals to the things you care about.

psweber on July 20, 2014 | [–]

Do you think that extrinsic, material goals get in the way of the intrinsic goal of creation? (I do)

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