From time to time you feel that you will need to turn a new page in your life. This page is entirely new but the new page in life is already covered with notes and scribbles.
It's been a while since I started thinking of starting a new business on my own. There have been couple of such occurrences before in my life and I think I have done some more homework since.
I know, I need to focus on the business and do market research and stuff. But it turns out that writing is one important skill (as in here, for example) as well and blogging is a good way to improve it.
Late in the yesterday evening I was planning the next steps and I felt a strong urge to sit down and write some code. On the second thought, however, it occurred to me that one should have a backup plan or two. Especially if you haven't fully validated your original idea. So instead of coding I started to sketch out another idea.
Nothing new, it has already been on my backlog for a while but never gained full attention. I've always been thinking that focus is good. With focus things get done. But on the other hand what if you have been focussing on the wrong thing? I becomes apparent that focussing too much one will most likely loose unless he or she has deep pockets.
Before actually setting a focus you need to be fairly sure you have found correct target. Be aware that you cannot be 100% confident the target is right but if you have some hard evidence such as feedback from prospective customers you will have at least some other excuses when failing (prepare for this as well): you actually asked a question.
An old Chinese proverb goes He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever.
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