Our Super Powers & our Super Struggles often walk hand in hand.
Our strengths & weaknesses two sides of the same coin.
My ideation is massive & comes easy. Problem solving & crisis management, putting out fires (literally when I was a voluneteer firefighter 👨🚒) & figuratively now in my day to day as a founder, & husband, is also something I easily slide into.
Daily execution of the small repetitive steps? Much more difficult. Closing loops & straightforward focus? Also challenging.
But this is the way of it. So... I enjoy being strong in my strengths, & I continue to a) build & use different systems & tools to help me be focused & GSD, as well as b) work with people who compliment my strengths by supporting me in the areas I struggle.
I used to beat myself up about this. I sometimes still can. But I also bounce back from that pretty quickly, because I'm thankful for the upside of my strengths, and know, after 45 years, that I am & will continue to be, only human 😂
Some things I do to help? I go to sleep early (9pm-ish) so that I can wake up around 4:30-5am & get quiet focused time with less distraction.
I also schedule time to try out new tools & find better ways to manage my time. Right now I'm working my way through Motion AI to see if that's a tool stack that I'll use. If not, I at least also learned about another tool I can perhaps recommend to others (or recommend they stay away lol)
By all means, I am far from perfect on this. But life is not so much about being perfect, but being willing to grow through trial & error, building our muscles through trying, failing, repeating, succeeding, & continuing the process onwards.
Today I: had some great calls, built some cool things, laid some good foundations, supported a bunch of wonderful friends with their growing Empires, & got to hang out with all of you!
For which I feel very thankful, & extremely fortunate 🙏
Now... time to make some dinner, hang out with family, maybe do a bit more learning about Motion if there's some quiet time in the evening, & then to sleep 🫡
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