Stop Switching Projects: Decide, Focus, Compound
Those four slides are a hit list of how to quietly destroy your life and business: never decide, never commit, always hop to something shinier. The last frame flips it: switching projects is just fear in disguise. If you want compounding, you have to tolerate the boring part of staying on the same train long enough for it to go somewhere. This post is your friendly slap: pick a track, ride it, and let time do the heavy lifting.
Stop Switching, Start Compounding
Use the carousel as a filter. First, decide what you will ruthlessly quit: the half-dead ideas, the vanity projects, the solo stock picking, the shallow acquaintances. Then pick a tiny number of things you will ride for 5–10 years: one main business, one money strategy, a few key people. Write them down. Every time you feel the itch to pivot, reread that list and ask: “Is this fear, or is the train actually wrong?” Change trains rarely, on purpose; otherwise, stay seated and let compounding do the heavy lifting.
The Psychology Behind Project-Hopping
- Indecision feels safe, so you over-plan instead of shipping like the first slide warns.
- Goals mean you can measure failure, so you avoid them and call it “brainstorming.”
- Switching projects gives a fake hit of progress, but kills the compounding the final slide talks about.
- Staying on the wrong train gets more expensive, so decide fast, then commit harder.
- Real wealth and happiness compound through a few bets and a few deep relationships, not 47 half-built ones.
Companies That Picked a Train and Stayed On
Basecamp focused on simple project management software for decades instead of chasing every new SaaS trend.
Shopify doubled down on ecommerce infrastructure for small merchants until that narrow focus became a global platform.
Morning Brew stuck with a single daily business newsletter long enough for the audience and ad dollars to compound.