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0 points72deluxe6y ago0 comments

That's why you need persistence!!

Having watched "The Founder", when Ray Croc was selling ice-cream machines nobody wanted he was listening to motivational records where the speaker says "the world is full of educated fools" and highlights that the one quality required is persistence.

Of course, if it's a stupid idea or a useless app then persistence is also useless and it would be a true waste of time.

But if the app is solving a problem for you, it likely will solve a problem for someone else which is why a side project will always prevail with persistence.

I always think that a side project is still a project, much like your main job. The only difference is time spent on it. But it'll be the same outcome.

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dkersten6y ago· 2 in thread

Great, but that says nothing about how to get persistence/become persistent. What you say correct, but its not actionable on its own.

For me, I find that if I work on something, eventually, my interest in it wanes and other things become more important. Unless I start making significant progress, its then only a matter of time before it fizzles out. There's only so many weeks or months I can work on something before my mind craves something else.

What definitely helps me stay focused long term is to not work on something on my own. When others are involved, then when my mind starts thinking of new things, I can set it aside and say to myself "no, stay focused, I don't want to let ABC down". Sadly when ABC is me, it doesn't work very well, but if its someone else, especially someone I care about, then it helps me stay focused. Currently on month ten of a large side project with my brother and still going strong :)

baby6y ago

Let’s start with a definition shall we?

You are persistent if you keep coming back to the same task and advance it.

Let’s say that for an app, and with limited time, we can instantiate this definition as: if you keep coming back to developing your app regularly during a full year, you are persistent.

Now that we have a definition, what can you do to fulfill it?

Set time in your calendar, create habits, etc.

72deluxeOP6y ago

Have 2 side projects. Then when you get bored with one, you can switch to the other. Then, when you're bored with that switch back to the first.

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