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At some point a few years into your job/career, you need to decide if you are going to have a job or become a leader. The choice is yours.
In business or personal finance, you have to run lean but there is only so far you can cut your expenses. Then, you need to grow your income and revenues.
I was recently asked by someone starting a business should I go broader or niche down. My unequivocal advice would be to niche down and test several niches.
A motivated computer scientist or someone in the right field can on average go a lot further than a motivated writer. Being in the right industry matters.
Bear with me on this concept. I don’t do coaching at all so there is no self serving here.
If you can find the right coach or the right instructor or me to for what you are trying to do, this can be incredibly valuable and you can go a huge amount further. Dan Sullivan writes about this in Who Not How. He is right on. On a personal note to all my friends, don’t bet against me. I’m coming back.