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Why do you have trouble finishing these products? What makes you lose the focus? Sometimes, attention problems can be corrected by taking better care of yours
by cmars232 17y ago
Why do you have trouble finishing these products? What makes you lose the focus?
Sometimes, attention problems can be corrected by taking better care of yourself. Personally, I've found my attention problems come more from ultimately not caring than from some weakness of character. It's easy to think up ideas that could be successful, but are they really for you?
For example, I've come to discover that I get motivated when solving really tough niche problems that no one else has dealt with effectively. But I couldn't care less about serving general lusers, like writing Facebook apps. I could maybe think of a cool idea for a Facebook app, and it might even be a killer one, but ultimately, I don't feel anything about serving Facebook users, harvesting their data and habits, etc.
Is it possible you're tackling the wrong projects?
- rphlx 17y agoGood point, but to play devil's advocate: if you ramen-retire after a few years building apps for the unwashed masses, you can work on whatever you like until you die or the money runs out. IMO, a few years of total independence are worth a few years of non-exciting stuff. Just don't get comfortable and wake up one day as a 20 year lifer at Inane MegaCo.