Put this in your pocket.
But don’t separate all of these facts from one another. Appreciate them all for what they are. Allow them to mix and simmer.
Business is soupy.
3-26-12
9:05 AM CST
To Whom It May Concern (Everyone):
Don’t stop believing.
Sow.
Grow.
Harvest.
Whatever your goals, dreams, and ideas are farm them.
Then pray for rain.
Hint: God is the silent partner in all great enterprises. Abraham Lincoln
Note: I post this because it is directly pointed at myself.
Email is beautiful – it beats the heck out of the pony express. But it is killing my productivity.
It’s the drug I can’t get enough of. It steals from my business, my family, and all forms of productivity.
I think we need to be weened off. Maybe we can pursue 15 minutes in the inbox and then 45 minutes of true work with our hands, feet minds, and voices?
How is it that we now have the capability of ever constant communication (which is good), but we’re trading it for actually producing something?
What is the one thing that has imprisoned and kept of the great musicians from producing their music? Drugs. I would say the same goes for the entrepreneur and his email.
Checking our productivity > Checking our email.
Ashton.Gustafson 