3. They have a lot of doubts
Mr. Grant also passed on Warby Parker because the founders were very apprehensive. Instead of going all-in working on the company, they all took internships over the summer, in case it didn’t work out. They all lined up full-time positions for after graduation as well—again, just in case.
“On the surface, a lot of original people look confident, but behind the scenes, they feel the same fear and doubt that the rest of us do. They just manage it differently,” Mr. Grant said, explaining that originals succumb more to idea doubt rather than self-doubt, which actually leads them to test, experiment and refine. Martin Luther King Jr. is the perfect example.
The night before the March on Washington, he was up past 3 AM rewriting his speech. Moments before stepping up to the podium, he was still scribbling notes and crossing out lines. Eleven minutes into his speech, he went off script and said “I have a dream,” which was not in the original script.