Distracted

I have spent the last few weeks in a mental fog.  When I started Rocket Hangar my initial thoughts were that I would not have enough to do, and that I would be scrambling to keep meaningful work coming in while I explored the landscape and decided on the direction for the company.

The reality has been quite the opposite.  I have more work than I can get done.  I am about three months in now, and I realized over the weekend that I am spinning my wheels, mainly because I am looking at all the bright, shiny things I could do and not  giving nearly enough thought to what I SHOULD do.

It may sound odd, but having too many options is almost worse than having precious few.  With fewer options you have to pick something and go for it.  What I have realized is that I find myself hedging each opportunity against the others and talking myself into and out of different ideas and concepts.  If you have read Linchpin by Seth Godin, it’s classic Lizard Brain stuff.  It’s not productive.  I have to stop.