Tag: committing to a task

If The Time Frame Is In Three Years Or Longer

World leaders have been promising
to take action
on climate change
at the earliest
in 2030.

That’s 7 years from now.
That leader is unlikely
to remain in their role.
The future leader
is unlikely
to keep
the past leader’s promise.

That action isn’t happening.
The world leaders know this.
They’re saying sh*t
just to get the media
off their backs
and to appease
some gullible supporters.

This is true
in business also.

If the time frame
is three years
from now
or longer,
that action
or project
isn’t happening.

Know The Size Of Commitment

It takes, on average,
about 10 books released
in one of my niches
to start seeing
adequate sales.
Before that point,
sales likely won’t cover costs.

I shared that guideline
with a niche-hopping friend.
She decided to release in my niche anyway.
She produced 3 books,
got bored,
and declared the niche a failure.
Then she moved to the next niche.

The writing and release
of those 3 books
was the equivalent
of finishing 30% of a project.
Of course, it wasn’t a success.
The project hadn’t been completed.

Seth Godin
shares

“The same time/money math
applies to doing a good job
on any social network.
It only takes a few minutes
to sign up for an account,
but most users put in
just enough time
to be wasteful
and not nearly enough time
to generate anything of value
as a result.”

Know the size of the commitment
before building a business
or taking on a task.

Also know your own nature
and ability to handle
that size of a commitment.

Half completing a task
is a waste
of everyone’s time and precious resources.