Less exciting
When someone asks a complex question, it’s a pretty good bet they want to know the answer. It’s also likely they’ve eliminated everyone else in…
When we get the idea to start something new – whether it’s a sparkling new venture or a novel way to organise the inventory – there are risks.
If you’re not only the idea machine but the decision maker it can be a little too easy to give yourself the green light.
Try thinking like your own boss.
One question to ask yourself is about the risks of distraction.
Whilst you’re working up this exciting new thing – which everyone knows will take longer, have more moving parts, and less short term benefit than you imagine – what less exciting but maybe more important thing will be left to wither on the vine?
After all, you’d say to yourself, given that you have a full time job just doing what you’re already doing, when you start this new initiative other things are bound to suffer. What’s your plan for keeping everything else on track?
Skippy strategy: How will you deal with distraction risk?
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