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Originally Posted by webdev
Are you the kind of person who comes up with new cool ideas every day and can't seem to focus on their current project? I guess that's the down side of knowing too much. As a startup entrepreneur, I can't seem to keep my foot planted on the ground. i'm finding it hard to focus on one thing. There are tons of cool ideas i still want to do. (and i implemented few of my old ideas which now just collecting dust). The disappointing thing is, i know i can do them but i don't have the time. Being a professional developer, having the professional knowledge to build web applications and being young (full of testosterones and energy) is i guess bad. You know too much which means you have high expectations from yourself but can't deliver as fast due to due to lack of time and commitment. My dilemma is that, i've a full time web development job which I sort of enjoy. But what i really want to do is work on my ideas and turn them useful products that people are happy to use and form my own company around my inventions. What do you guys do when you have too much on your brain? Its a bad trait for not being able to focus on the task at hand. How would you tackle this problem?
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Well...I'm not known for using a Google to do list, don't even know what the heck it is, lol! But I like you, and many others have a ton of ideas. Fortunately I have some time.
I'm kind of old school and still keep my notes on yellow pads, notecards and the like. Oh I occasionally keep them on Notepad and file them away, but rarely go back. I like jotting down stuff on paper and keeping it in front of me.
To concentrate your time on two or three things at the same time is not necessarily impossible. I would take my To Do list and list three major projects to do. I would then list under each heading, what I wanted to accomplish each day. You may also want to jot down some goals weekly, and monthly, but don't look to far ahead. Kind of like you can't see the forest for the tree's!
Looking forward and setting goals is OK and even recommended, but you have to realize that sometimes short term goals, and more often long term goals fluctuate wildly. If something else that comes up interests you jot it down and save it for later. The main thing is not to get distracted from your main focus until they are complete. Most times it's just impossible to do everything at once!!
