(From the book Startups Grow With People: How to Pick Partners, Recruit the Top Talent and Build a Company Culture)<br /><br />*A good partner has the life-design that fits being in a startup (can spare the time, energy, focus, and finances required)<br /><br />*A good partner shares the problem (sees the world in the same unique way)<br /><br />*A good partner has a depth of knowledge on at least one topic related to the startup (you find yourself learning new things in each encounter)<br /><br />*A good partner values good execution over genius ideas (knows success is more dependent on doing hard work and the teams’ problem-solving capacity rather than the ingenuity of ideas) <br />Hint: Here is a litmus test. Ask your potential partner what she thinks has made the well-known startups successful. If the answer is among the realms of “a genius idea”, or “luck” take these as warning signs.<br /><br />*A good partner focuses on increasing the quality of decisions (honestly prefers reaching better business decisions rather than ‘being right’)<br /><br />*A good partner listens to you (open to learning from you and enjoys discussing ideas even when their direct impact on the business is not apparent)<br /><br />*A good partner is intrinsically motivated (follows-up on her tasks without external reminders and volunteers for open tasks)<br /><br />*A good partner is a life-long learner (sees the big picture, values design-thinking, quick to grasp abstract concepts, can change her ideas when presented with the right data)<br /><br />-<br /><br />Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. <br /><br />Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimize our productivity, motivation, and optimism by learning about the human mind through psychology, neuroscience, and human behavior.<br /><br />I am your host Ozan. I am a founder who has experienced the challenges of launching and growing a business and a keen student of human behavior over the last 15 years. I will share with you what I know and learn.<br /><br />Hundreds of impactful behavior-changing ideas are waiting to be discovered.<br /><br />Let's begin now.