40%
"If it doesn't suck, we don't do it." - David Goggins When your mind is telling you you're done, you're really only 40% done. That's why marathoners hit a wall at mile 16 and still finish. It's why this aptly named ship and fateful voyage ended in survival, not disaster. Every story of human triumph over reality involves the same saga. Grit. Courage. Endurance. Heart. Sisu . Entrepreneurs (i.e., founders, executives and early employees at immature companies) require these characteristics for survival. It's why investors and employers look for experience on athletic teams as indicators of future success. Individual endurance sports are also relevant. The best proxy would likely be relay endurance events, athletic (e.g., any relay -athalon) or engineering (e.g., formula student, battle bots, lemon cars, hackathons, solar cars, etc.) in nature. Folks that maintain participation while gravitating t...