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I never actually understood the difference between Love and Infatuation. I have lived in both - Strong Infatuation and Strong Love. I know.. i can’t say that.. coz i can’t differentiate.. but thats what people call it.
All that i could understand by Infatuation and Love is that both are self created, and the difference between the two is majorly governed by Failure and Success. There is a very very thin line between the two. And to reach Love one has to pass through Infatuation. Yeah.. there is something called Attraction.. which i can easily differentiate of the rest two.

Entrepreneurship Infatuation. . Reminds me of my ‘love infatuation’(call it just infatuation). Entrepreneurship Infatuation is ‘the feeling of being an Entrepreneur’ and is related to Entrepreneurship exactly how Infatuation is related to Love. And that i too am going through these days. (read Wikipedia/Infatuation).

Its about thinking of ‘My First Billion Dollar Company’ (MFBDC). Being ready to become a dropout, actually looking for such chances. Screwing degree, saying “What’s in a degree? I have said”. Leaving a decent paying job. Getting mislead by Paul Graham’s stories. Setting the desktop wallpaper of Steves in Garage. Reading the VC blogs. Living by a few success stories and dreaming to reach there.

Entrepreneurship Infatuation is as dangerous as infatuation. And i expect my nears and dears to warn me against it, as they would if i was in infatuation.

But.. infatuation is the first step towards love. (Attraction being the 0th). Without infatuation love is not possible. Love will happen only after one start living with the ‘feeling of love’, called infatuation. Those who have been in love, know that the risk of failure of infatuation is worth it.

and so is the story of Entrepreneurship Infatuation. Its the first step towards Entrepreneurship. Its risky, but its worth it.

The last (and very important) thing remains the realization and recovery. Know when the Infatuation has failed and accept that.

and if the recovery goes safe the next million dollar question is whether “To fall in Infatuation all over again” or “To live a _normal_ life” ?

Todays Links -
* Steve Jobs - The Guardian profile
* Steve Jobs vs Music Industry
* Steven Jobs - history, lots of pics
* Opera Browser History - i miss it

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