One of the hardest things to figure out:
Do you want to chop wood (individual contributor) 🪓
OR
Build a sawmill (start a business) 🪚
Chopping wood is tiring but satisfying labour. You can work quietly and get into a flow state.
But...
Do you want to chop wood (individual contributor) 🪓
OR
Build a sawmill (start a business) 🪚
Chopping wood is tiring but satisfying labour. You can work quietly and get into a flow state.
But...
It's 100% dependent on you. If you get sick, you can't chop wood, and therefore your income dries up.
😫No breaks.
🙃No delegation.
🤦♂️Limited to your personal output.
💸Hard to get wealthy.
On the flip side...
😫No breaks.
🙃No delegation.
🤦♂️Limited to your personal output.
💸Hard to get wealthy.
On the flip side...
Build a sawmill and you can delegate.
Build systems.
Have others eventually do the work.
You can massively increase your output and become wealthy.
But...
Build systems.
Have others eventually do the work.
You can massively increase your output and become wealthy.
But...
🤼 You have to deal with endless people and operational problems
📉 You take significant personal risk (debt/leases/etc)
🪓 You don't actually get to do the task you originally loved in the first place! (chopping wood)
There are a variety of levels of this...
📉 You take significant personal risk (debt/leases/etc)
🪓 You don't actually get to do the task you originally loved in the first place! (chopping wood)
There are a variety of levels of this...
Everything from:
Chopping solo,
to hiring a few friends to help you,
to having a single local sawmill,
to having thousands of employees across a chain of sawmills held in a public company.
Which are you? 🪓 or 🪚🏢
Chopping solo,
to hiring a few friends to help you,
to having a single local sawmill,
to having thousands of employees across a chain of sawmills held in a public company.
Which are you? 🪓 or 🪚🏢
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