Is #buildinpublic & #indiehacking dead? Not really!
Here's what an insignificant tiny frog taught me about persistence, resilience, and adaptability.
I have this frog that鈥檚 sitting inside one of my flower pots. I took it and threw it very far away, like 100 meters, and it still came back, climbing the stair, and sat on the same exact pot. My wife stopped pouring water into that pot, and the next day it goes to the pot with water; this happened so many times. What an amazing creature!
This tiny creature showed persistence by coming back to the same pot, resilience in its ability to survive the journey, and adaptability in finding a new water source when its original home did not.
In my 12 years of my career, starting indie hacking even before my first job, I launched my first product. It was a hit, creating a community where I was known as Praveen Astral. But when I stopped engaging with them, I lost it all. Following this, I went through 24 different tries, each in a different area, and each one taught me something. Even though these projects didn't reach the success of the first, every attempt taught me a bit more about sticking it out and adjusting, just like the frog.
Though I got the communication right with my first go, once I stopped, everything started to fade away. This insight became the foundation of MevinX. It's all about keeping the conversations going, following the simple rule: keep talking, keep engaging. MevinX is all about the idea that to build something great, you've got to keep the conversation alive.
Stephen Hawking once said, "For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen." This idea hits home with my journey and what MevinX stands for. It highlights the need for ongoing dialogue, not just speaking but also listening, engaging, and adapting. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.
Keep talking, telling your stories, sharing your experiences, the moment you stop, it takes years to bounce back again.
