05/28/2026
đĄ Michael Seibel says founders make their biggest mistakes when they act out of fear.
Because fear makes people avoid the exact things they should be doing.
Afraid users wonât like the product?
â Avoid talking to users.
Afraid customers wonât buy?
â Avoid selling.
Afraid to fire the wrong employee?
â Delay the hard conversation.
Thatâs the trap.
Fear creates avoidance.
And avoidance kills companies.
Seibel says fear is actually a signal.
It tells you exactly where you need to go.
The uncomfortable tasks are usually the highest leverage ones.
Which means the best productivity hack for founders might be simple:
Do the thing youâre avoiding first.
Because on the other side of that discomfort is usually progress. âĄď¸