Someone with two passions is less fortunate than someone with only one.
More and more, execution is also easy.
What’s difficult is taking a good idea and a good execution, and running with it.
In this way, someone with two all consuming passions is less fortunate than someone with one all consuming passion.
It’s easier to run with something when you’re only trying to get to one place.
January 26th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
This is a weakness of your “one person company” approach. A small team helps you to stay passionate over a long period of time. Isolated thoughts have a way of competing with each other. External validation actually helps decide who wins, which is a good thing.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
That’s an interesting way of thinking about it. I bet small teams can definitely help you stay passionate over a long period of time, if they’re the right kind of small team. Small teams can also compete passion to death over long periods of time, I’ve found. There’s usually one person’s passion(s) who take precedence in the team… if they’re yours, then you are in luck!
January 27th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
I agree, it *does* have to be the right sort of team. To illustrate here’s an adaptation of an old joke:
Question: “How have you two managed to stay in business together for 20 years”. Answer: “Neither one of us wanted to quit at exactly the same time.”