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How Entrepreneurs Can Resist Shiny-Object SyndromeFounders are ideas people -- but can be easily distracted by too many ideas. Resist the urge.

ByVanessa Van Edwards

This story appears in theJuly 2017issue of狗万官方.Subscribe »

Andrea Ucini

Have you ever worked with someone who is full ofbig ideasand constantly hops from one project to the next? If so, you've likely encountered a case of what psychologists call shiny-object syndrome. This is when someone is so distracted by the world around them that they're forever drawn toward new ideas, people and stimuli.

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