When opening a business bank account for a new business, I was asked “what is the organization’s date of birth?” Silly, I thought, they mean the date of incorporation. But the more I began to think about it, the more I realized that starting a new organization has a lot in common with parenthood. You watch it transition from something totally dependent on you to an independent self-sustaining “mature” corporation, but only after giving it much love in the form of time, money, and attention. You celebrate similar milestones – first word or first transaction, acquiring the ability to walk or the ability to profit, moving to an office vs. moving out, and eventually, that moment when you realize you have succeeded and the organization has become a totally separate entity from you as a person – still strongly associated, but no longer dependent.

If you move at roughly constant acceleration and you look through something reflective at a moving background, you will feel like you’re moving opposite to your actual direction of motion.