If we all shipped more stuff, we’d be more successful. It’s one of Seth Godin’s mantras – “Ship it!”. So why don’t we? Because we are doing too much stuff. Our focus is all over the place. We’d actually ship more if we did less. If you only have one project to work on, then […] Read More…
Tag Archives: Focus
Effort. Less.
My wife and I went snorkelling on our recent holiday and marvelled at how the instructors seemed to move so easily through the water. We splashed around like fury and they seemed to make hardly any movement at all but zoomed around all over the place. Less effort and more effect. That’s true for many […] Read More…
Can’t code, Won’t code.
I do product. I don’t do code. Some people are surprised by this. I work with tech businesses, after all. In the eyes of some, it reduces my credibility. For a few, it rules me out completely. There are several reasons why I don’t code, including the fact that there a tons of people out […] Read More…
How much process do you need?
There seems to be two approaches to process. None, as expounded by the JFDI, action-focused, now-is-too-long entrepreneur. Or loads, as implemented by the risk-averse, detail-obsessed control-freak. I’d like to say I am exaggerating here but people really do seem to fall into these two camps. So which is right? Neither, obviously. Without process, a business […] Read More…