Thank you for the explanation and sharing more context.
The “why can’t you do it in three months” reminds me of similar strategy/challenge in Thiel’s Zero to one, where you ask yourself what you want to achieve in 10 years and then question/challenge that with “how can I do this in 6 months?” (paraphrasing). Definitely and interesting and potentially valuable perspective but also very demanding and sometimes with unacceptable tradeoffs (e.g. long term health sacrifice after working too hard for too long). The other interpretation is that it’s a good filter/test to show whether one thought deeply about strategy and constraints—if that’s the case, you’ll have a clear answer and increase the signal that you really considered the solution space.
Thank you for the explanation and sharing more context.
The “why can’t you do it in three months” reminds me of similar strategy/challenge in Thiel’s Zero to one, where you ask yourself what you want to achieve in 10 years and then question/challenge that with “how can I do this in 6 months?” (paraphrasing). Definitely and interesting and potentially valuable perspective but also very demanding and sometimes with unacceptable tradeoffs (e.g. long term health sacrifice after working too hard for too long). The other interpretation is that it’s a good filter/test to show whether one thought deeply about strategy and constraints—if that’s the case, you’ll have a clear answer and increase the signal that you really considered the solution space.