Learning to stick to the plan after getting crushed for weeks or months is something that can instill the worst doubt in the most confident of people.

Learning to separate the feeling of results (both highs and lows) from the act of playing was one of poker's toughest lessons.

Pretty much every single unicorn except for Amazon and perhaps Uber. eBay, AirBnB, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat all seemed like strange ideas. Perhaps transformational businesses are supposed to sound totally nuts until you speak with the founders.

Transformational businesses are nuts until someone executes fantastically well.

(Without the fallacy of the genius idea, this thread would be "Ask HN: What's the worst startup idea you've heard, which someone executed amazingly well?")

PG, mind sharing some insight on the "Panic" nickname? I'm curious about how/if the two are related.

We call her Panic because she's the office worrier. I never considered her two sides might be related. Interesting idea, but I don't think so.

I wonder if her strength in picking up social cues also causes people to panic because shes the office warrior, detecting problems/issues and cutting through to their core.

My thoughts as well. Empathy has its costs. I was wondering if exposure to swings was one of them.

It was after bretton woods.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system

That was exactly what I was looking for, thanks!