Gabriel: Pretending you don't want to win is where the snakes come from
gabriel1 · x · 2026-10-23
Gabriel pushes back on people claiming they just 'love to build for the sake of beautiful things': no sane person endures the pain of building a company or online following for aesthetics — there's always a will to win. The real problem is wanting to win while pretending you don't, and shaming others for wanting the same. That, he says, is where snakes and status-chasers come from; choose honesty and high trust.
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