I’m not different.

I think people are different. What works for others doesn’t work for me. And I should accept that. My way of work is completely different from other people. And that’s OK. It’s not about which way is better and which is not. It’s simply about what works for each of us.

I hate hacks in general. And most people follow hacks. I don’t want to. I prefer systems. Productivity gurus always talk about the next hack you can follow, the new tool you should try, and the new way you should absolutely follow. I don’t believe most of this. All previous words in italic are intentional.

I tend to work best, and produce best, when I focus on 1 thing, and 1 thing only for an extended period of time. Sometimes it’s hours, sometimes it’s months or years.

When I used to work for my own company, Alphazed, I used to set CEO vs CTO days. Meaning on a given day (or couple of days) I will only work on sales, PR and marketing. On another day I’ll only work with the team on the tech side and drive technical decisions. I never mix the two in the same day. This was a great learning for me if I’m to fill both roles.

Working on and off for short period of time and on multiple things simply doesn’t work for me. And that’s OK. It seems that I’ve spent the last year fighting this in me and I shouldn’t. I know my way work and that’s great. I should always experiment of what’s working and what’s not. But that’s it. That were it ends. What works, I adopt. What doesn’t, I set aside. Time-box any experiment and I will be able to directly see when it’s working and what’s not. I should keep it as simple as that.

Am I different? I’m not. We are all different. And then we’re not different at all.