The modern world glorifies:

• Trying everything you want
• Taking action all the time
• Looking for a greener pasture
• Living life to the fullest
• Keeping your options open

But the reality is, life is all about tradeoffs.

Saying “yes” to one thing is saying “no” to others.

Commitment

If you’re already committed to certain things, that new opportunity you just found is more likely a “distraction”. No matter how promising it is.

Ask yourself: “Am I really willing to give up my current commitments? Would I truly commit to that new thing?”

More often than not, the answer is no.

Sometimes you do things because you truly want to. No hesitation. You want to do it.

But sometimes, it’s because of what others expect from you. You don’t really want to do it.

Either way, you are doing something. You are trading your time for something else.

One Thing

When you see people working on one thing for years — iterating, refining, experimenting — despite not having much success, you think that they’re stubborn, crazy, losers…

And they probably are, until they’re not. One day, they wake up and everything they’ve worked for starts to pay off.

Do you think they’d be in that position had they kept bouncing from one thing to another, trying everything that captivates them?

I think the right advice is not “try everything you think you want to do”. But should be, “find that one thing you’re willing to commit to for years, regardless of the outcome. Something you’re willing to suffer for.”

And once you find it, take shots on it over and over again. Go all in until you become so good the world can’t ignore you.