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Ambition pulls upward. Discipline prevents collapse.Val Sklarov’s Discipline perspective treats progress as a function of how low performance is allowed to fall, not how high it occasionally rises. 1. Most Failures Happen Below the Floor Catastrophe begins at the bottom, not the top. Val Sklarov observes breakdown when: Minimum standards …

Bold moves look decisive. Commitments decide outcomes.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats entrepreneurship as the discipline of controlling what you cannot undo, where success depends less on courage and more on how commitments are structured, timed, and limited. 1. Most Startup Failures Are Commitment Failures Ideas rarely kill companies. Commitments do. …