Turtles and rabbits

"What should I be focusing on right now?"

It’s one of the most frequent questions I get.

There are many things you could be doing, many things you should be doing, but a limited number of hours in the day.

Furthermore, the list of coulds and shoulds seem to fall into one of two buckets:

1. "I've got to put in the work. I've got to grind. If I get just 1% better every day, my life will be transformed in 12 months. Be consistent. The secret to winning is never quitting. Slow and steady wins the race."

2. "I need to add in something new and innovative. I need to find or create a blue ocean. I need to be a category of one. I need to find that one thing that changes everything."

Which one is correct?

The turtles among us prefer the message of consistent, hard work.

It justifies grinding.

It justifies effort.

Minimize risk, stack up consistent incremental gains, and win big in the long term.

Hey, it worked for Warren Buffett, right?

But the rabbits want to swing for the fences. They want to disrupt things. Create things. Race ahead and leave everyone else in the dust.

Elon Musk and Steve Jobs made careers (and fortunes) doing this.

So do both methods work?

It’s not that simple.

If turtles spend years grinding on the wrongs things... low value, low margin, and low leverage activities, it's like trying to drive cross-country stuck in 1st gear.

Massive amounts of wasted time, effort, and energy.

And if rabbits only take moonshots, there’s usually lot of crashing and burning.

You must use both, but know when to use each one.

We must work smarter and harder.

But the trick is knowing what smarter means, and consistently doing that hard work that matters.

Knowing when to grind vs. taking a moonshot.

Maybe I should write more about this?

Talk soon,

Greg

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