Re:The Scarcest Resource at Startups is Management Bandwidth
by SatvikBeri on Saturday April 28, 2012 @07:04PM
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I would frame the same idea in a different way: the scarcest currency is thought.
Willpower is finite. There are a very small number of things you can spend effective mental energy on-you can't work at optimal intelligence 12 hours a day (or even 8 hours a day).
Furthermore, I've noticed this trend where spending twice the amount of effective, focused work on X usually results in more than twice the benefits. This means that you have to pick what even enters your attention very carefully.
So ask yourself: what do I spend most of my time thinking about? And what should I be spending my precious thought on?
Willpower is finite. There are a very small number of things you can spend effective mental energy on-you can't work at optimal intelligence 12 hours a day (or even 8 hours a day).
Furthermore, I've noticed this trend where spending twice the amount of effective, focused work on X usually results in more than twice the benefits. This means that you have to pick what even enters your attention very carefully.
So ask yourself: what do I spend most of my time thinking about? And what should I be spending my precious thought on?