If one is willing to step back and realize they are working their ass off but they are not making progress at the rate they want, e.g. 3 yrs to first million, it may actually have nothing to do with their effort. They just may not know what they should be doing with their energy. The challenge is figuring that out asap. Experiments are a great way to do that as you mentioned. I would assert you need a 'experimentor' on your team if that's something you dont have energy for.
Yeah you need 'wins' along the way to keep you energized. If you ask me to try to jump higher than i can everyday- i am going to burn out fast. No fun. Succeeding is fun! Even if it is incremental.
So, are you saying you didn’t work hard to start Law Trades? To me, it makes sense that you would have to work less three years in, but what about the beginning when hard work IS important? Is the point of this article to tell people to not work hard - even in the beginning? Not sure I get it.
If one is willing to step back and realize they are working their ass off but they are not making progress at the rate they want, e.g. 3 yrs to first million, it may actually have nothing to do with their effort. They just may not know what they should be doing with their energy. The challenge is figuring that out asap. Experiments are a great way to do that as you mentioned. I would assert you need a 'experimentor' on your team if that's something you dont have energy for.
That's right, sheer effort does not equal that results you want. That effort in itself will be enough to burn you out.
But if you set up an environment that iterates quickly, you'll get energy from new discoveries, which will in turn keep you going.
Yeah you need 'wins' along the way to keep you energized. If you ask me to try to jump higher than i can everyday- i am going to burn out fast. No fun. Succeeding is fun! Even if it is incremental.
So, are you saying you didn’t work hard to start Law Trades? To me, it makes sense that you would have to work less three years in, but what about the beginning when hard work IS important? Is the point of this article to tell people to not work hard - even in the beginning? Not sure I get it.
The point is effort doesn't equate consequences. Same attitude in the beginning.
Quality hours > quantity of hours.
Here's what I wrote in the article:
"So you might be thinking, am I trying to convince you that if you work less hard then you’ll be successful?
No, the opposite isn’t true either."