I am reading a book called "Founders at Work." It's a pretty interesting book that is basically just interview transcripts of successful tech start-up founders. I was reading the one with Max Levchin who is the co-founder of PayPal. He said that the best advice he could give to a future founder is to find a partner who can fight with you through the challenges of business.
I think that's excellent advice, but the trouble that I have been pondering is that most people I interact with daily don't have the fastlane mindset. Actually, now that I think of it, all the people I talk to (friends, family, people at school, etc) rarely even have a mildly slowlane entrepreneurial spirit.
So this has got me wondering, how would one find a fastlane partner if he/she doesn't interact with anyone who is fastlane?
That is the reason why young people want to get into Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and other top schools. English 101 is English 101 whether it is Community College of Mayberry or Harvard University. You pay a major premium so you test your skills with the best of the best. Just my opinion. You are who you hang out with. If you hang out and surround yourself with high achievers, chances are you will be a high achiever.