I'm a huge proponent of
agile everything, right?
And when I say agile, I mean, you
can implement it every want,
but it's basically plan
your work in two week increments
because more than that, you're just
wasting time thinking about things
that aren't actually going to impact
you.
Do the work and then
do a retrospective on the work,
right? So that meta analysis
of what went well,
what went poorly, what can we change
or what controls can we put in place
to make this more consistent?
And then doing it again, right.
So that iterative but
documented and introspective,
you know, process
will give you a velocity to your
business that I haven't seen any
other, you know, workflow
do.
Cool, nice.
I would say
two things.
One, make sure you set
your priorities ahead of time,
and make sure you schedule
around those properties.
I'm not just talking about the
business. If anything, I'm saying
everything else outside of the
business. Right.
You're a father too aren't you?
Yeah. So, like making
sure you understand, like where your
faith comes in and where your family
comes in and stuff like that.
Because the truth is, there
is a lot when it comes to,
especially a startup, you don't
control, right?
You're a leaf in the wind a lot
of times. And so
you need to be okay with that.
You need to understand it.
You know, there's that adage about,
you know, like, help me control what
I can and, you know, be
okay with the things that I can't
and understand the difference.
You know, but if you don't do that,
and I think you need to think about
where the prioritization of,
you know, not just the, like
community is like a lower case, kind
of squishy word, right?
Like the give.
Like where does the give fit in.
And understand, like everything
has a season, right?
Like, just to be clear, if you were
the founder of a hydro startup
company, you will not be
running that company forever.
You will not be passing it on to
your children.
You will not be there
for 50, like that's not what
happens.
So appreciate things for what they
are a little bit. I mean like, I
think in like the stepback macro
sense, like, understand what you
are doing and why you're doing it.
And if ever that doesn't align with
you, be able to be confident
and strong enough to be able to
pivot, right? Not just with "wow
this business isn't working, I've
gotta kind of do it in a little bit
different way," but maybe it's my
life's not working. Maybe it's that
I'm improperly
prioritizing things.
So that's what I think.
I mean, make sure you know where you
keep your eyes.
