Re:Profitable hobbies - you probably have too many of them
by jiggy2011 on Friday November 25, 2011 @12:56PM
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Most entrepreneurs I deal with sincerely enjoy what they do, and probably do far too much personally than they should, because they like doing it. Far too many of them treat their companies like profitable hobbies. Granted, that is part of the fun, and a huge part of why people start their own businesses – but everyone should be able to see the cost of what their pleasure.
I'm not really sure what this means, surely if they are enjoying doing something that is making your business better then that is a good thing right?
How can you be doing too much , and what is the cost of pleasure if you are enjoying it?
It's probably difficult for a reluctant software to compete with people who live and breath the stuff.
Pherhaps it's more to the point that if you treat your work too much like a hobby you will spend too much time focusing on the stuff that you enjoy (redeveloping your whole system is haskell for example) and not enough time focusing on the boring/unpleasent stuff that needs to be done (managing your budget and organising your sales team).
I'm not really sure what this means, surely if they are enjoying doing something that is making your business better then that is a good thing right?
How can you be doing too much , and what is the cost of pleasure if you are enjoying it?
It's probably difficult for a reluctant software to compete with people who live and breath the stuff.
Pherhaps it's more to the point that if you treat your work too much like a hobby you will spend too much time focusing on the stuff that you enjoy (redeveloping your whole system is haskell for example) and not enough time focusing on the boring/unpleasent stuff that needs to be done (managing your budget and organising your sales team).