Jannis Dust

June 24, 2024

On Creating an Output

For the last months, maybe even for the last year, I felt quite lost in what I want to do and in what defines me as what I am.

That's mainly because (after my previous venture failed), I learned that my passion is in hardware and engineering, but I couldn't really get started and lift things off the ground. And that was really annoying.

I literally spend months working on ideas, learning more and more (in that case about energy and chemicals), and even getting into a VC-program to start a company. But even after all that and pitching to investors afterwards, it just didn't click. Not for them but rather for me. That was new.

It wasn't because I thought it was a bad project or anything but more or less because I just wasn't obsessed enough with it and great people are already pursuing what I thrived to do. I know that everyone with an obsession tends to outperform the rest by 10X.

So, right now that means for me that I have to find the thing I want to thrive in. But without pressure. I just want my curiosity lead me to the things I want to do. Let's see how that works.

In the meantime, I'll help others building companies and learning as much as I can about everything while being on the pursue of what I want to do next.

By the way, this here is some kind of output of my brain. This is not planned or anything. It's just to create something and organise my thought. It feels kind of weird. But that's what it is. It may (or may not) serve two purposes: 

  1. Understanding me personally, and
  2. Attracting like-minded people

Let's roll.

About Jannis Dust

move atoms and bits.

Founder, Engineer, and Triathlete.