The principle of Focusing on one thing

[Skys]

Lot of advice I am reading to master something is to focus on one thing.

The way I interpretate that is, that if I feel my biggest return will come from learning sales, I should focus now on getting better at that aspect of business.

However, what do you then do with other aspects of business that are important? Do you neglect them? Or do you disagree with the principle of focusing on "one thing"?

For example:
1. Learn everything there is about your business/markt
2. Learn sales/marketing

 

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[DennisD]

What other aspects of business are competing for your attention?

 

[Skys]

What other aspects of business are competing for your attention?

Good question. The biggest gap is between my interest to learn sales and to learn about the basic mechanics of money/finance (saving, investing, debt. etc)

 

[DennisD]

One of my heroes, Leonardo DaVinci, was an accomplished mathmatician, inventor, physicist, astrologist, painter, carpenter, and more.
Each new skill fed into the others and made him better.
The info he gained from medicine informed his paintings of humans. His understanding of mathmatics helped him in his builds.

Learning new things isn't bad, it's helpful.
The problem with focus is when you split focus on your ACTION.
The first thing you do everyday should be moving your main business forward.

If you want to learn investing, technology, design, guitar, whatever...
do it at the end of the day after all your work is done.
Call it your 'hobby'.
Understand it won't make you money, and understand it's a supplimental.

Wait until each business is automated or sold off before starting a new one.
Don't actively invest while kicking off a sales force,
but it's fine to read investment books at the end of the day,
the crossover may actually help you and prepare you for the future.

That's how I view things

 

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[RogueInnovation]

Dennis is on point here. You need priorities and supplementary activity.

Example: Right now I supplement, with code, various arts, graphic design, and studying various case studies. But the core work of this week is the SAME POINT over and over and over again, drilling it, expanding it, enhancing it as much as possible.
I actually do these supplementary activities WHEN I am looking for rest and inspiration and I schedule it the same as lunch, in that I don't consider it what is important, or major to achieve for the day.

Don't think that stuff is good to get too deep into, just do it in broad strokes then get back to the big steps. I don't spend more than a half hour or hour on them, unless I see a specific use to it.

Biz fundamentals are the most crucial.
Traffic and aquisition, conversions and margins, financial strategy and admin, etc.