What My 6-Year-Old Son’s Drawing Taught Me

Published: 10/4/2025

Today my 6-year-old son wanted to follow a YouTube tutorial and chose to draw this lion. 🦁

At first I told him it looked way too challenging. But since the video was step-by-step, we slowed it down to 0.5 speed and he just went for it.

The end result was amazing (at least from a mom’s eye). What makes it special is that he has never officially learned any drawing techniques. Still, by simply following along step by step, he created something he could be proud of.

It made me think: when you only look at the final masterpiece, it feels intimidating to even start. But when you break it down into small steps, you realize you can get there.

I feel the same way as a first-time small founder. If someone told me upfront that being a founder requires so many skills - marketing, product, sales, tech, design - I might have given up before even starting. But by learning through doing, asking questions, and studying other people’s success and failure stories, you grow a lot.

In the end, you have nothing to lose - you only gain tons of learning.