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Daniel Tawfik

Personal blog · dantawfik.com · on HN as dtawfik1startupscareer

Daniel Tawfik's personal blog at dantawfik.com covers startups and career. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “Fencing in the Mirror–Founders and Narcissism”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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28mentions?
3HN people?
2015–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2015

Daniel Tawfik | I am the founder and CEO of Zen Patient. I write about life and what I’ve learned from my abundant mistakes.

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dtawfik1 · 1,377 karma · member since 2012

Founder http://zenpatient.com fmr vonjour.com Blog @ http://dantawfik.com Tweet at @dantawfik

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Fencing in the Mirror–Founders and Narcissism
    3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-05-15
  2. Craftsmanship–The Alternative to the Four Hour Work Week Mindset
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-03-01
  3. The Tunnel Vision Fallacy
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-08-24
  4. How Narcissism Kills Startups
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-05-25
  5. Craftsmanship – The Alternative to the Four Hour Work Week Mindset (2018)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-09-19

What Hacker News says?

  1. Here's one of the follow up articles: http://dantawfik.com/the-tunnel-vision-trap

    Comment linking /the-tunnel-vision-trap

    on “Why I created a blog about doing hard things”
  2. Submitted Craftsmanship – The Alternative to the Four Hour Work Week Mindset (2018) as a story · 143 points

    HN discussion
  3. http://dantawfik.com/why-i-created-a-blog-about-doing-hard-t...

    Comment linking /why-i-created-a-blog-about-doing-hard-things

    on “Why I created a blog about doing hard things”
  4. Submitted The Tunnel Vision Fallacy as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Why I created a blog about doing hard things as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Craftsmanship–The Alternative to the Four Hour Work Week Mindset as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Craftsmanship-Rethinking the 4 Hour Work as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted For Founders: The Tunnel Vision Trap as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted For Founders: The Tunnel Vision Trap as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted The Tunnel Vision Fallacy as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Avoiding Startup Tarpits as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted How Narcissism Kills Startups as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted For Founders: The Tunnel Vision Fallacy as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted What if Elon Musk went to Harvard?–The costs of the brain drain as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Fencing in the Mirror–Founders and Narcissism as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Wading Through Startup Quicksand as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Craftsmanship–The Alternative to the 4 Hour Work Week as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Selflessness and Startups as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted The Founders Trap as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted The Alternative to the Four Hour Work Week Mindset as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Fencing in the Mirror as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted For Founders: The Tunnel Vision Trap as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted For Founders: The Narcissism Trap as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted John McCain and Unity Over Self as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Fencing in the Mirror: Narcissism and Founders as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted Fencing in the Mirror: Shared Purpose in Startups as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted The Founders Myth as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted For Founders: The Tunnel Vision Trap as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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