I (try to) maintain a two tier system where I tell advisers and people I know who will hold me accountable what my exact goals are, and maintain silence with everyone else.
In practice this gets a bit messy when E.G my mastermind group knows what company I’m building but my parents and girlfriend has no idea. It can be very hard to maintain this, and another strategy I’ve begun to adopt is being vague about my goals (e.g. “I’ve got some interested investment in a disruptive education idea and currently trying to work out the details” and tell people “I’ll have more for you in a month or so”. This seems to give them an incentive to follow up, and me an incentive to want to actually deliver so I can tell them what I’m actually up to.
I (try to) maintain a two tier system where I tell advisers and people I know who will hold me accountable what my exact goals are, and maintain silence with everyone else.
In practice this gets a bit messy when E.G my mastermind group knows what company I’m building but my parents and girlfriend has no idea. It can be very hard to maintain this, and another strategy I’ve begun to adopt is being vague about my goals (e.g. “I’ve got some interested investment in a disruptive education idea and currently trying to work out the details” and tell people “I’ll have more for you in a month or so”. This seems to give them an incentive to follow up, and me an incentive to want to actually deliver so I can tell them what I’m actually up to.