Focus and forget nuances
One of the hardest things of managing everything yourself, is that you’re ultimately the one holding yourself accountable for everything. You cannot assign that role to some boss, who will be standing by your desk at the end of a long day unless you’re really productive.
It’s all about not getting distracted doing the things that takes time but doesn’t really contribute towards your business making money or just progress for that matter. And it’s hard.
According to Mike Smith from the Bootstrapping Blog it’s about thinking in black and white: If what you’re doing gets you somewhere with your business, do it. If not, don’t. I specially enjoyed this quote, which says it all:
Do what you need to, when you need to. Do what you want to, when you have time.
Easier said than done. But nonetheless really valuable advice.
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Thanks for the comments about my article. I’m glad you liked it and hope you enjoy the rest of the articles as well. Nice blog here. I’m going to do some looking around for a little bit
Hi Mike,
I enjoy reading your blog. It provides with some nice advice even though sometimes it can be quite challenging to put them into a European context where some fundamentals are quite different.
I hope you like what you see here. Feel free to let me know if there’s something you would like to see different, or if you would like a European perspective on some of the things you write about.
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