SIGNAL

As a founder it's SO easy for a day to go by... work your ass off... look back and feel like nothing important was accomplished.

The bigger things get, the more URGENT problems will pop up that distract from the actual goals.

The struggle as a founder is that the problems have to be solved, but if that is all that is solved… things don't grow!

There's a difference between being busy and building something.

The same applies to a marriage, health, etc…

SIGNAL is the stuff that actually matters... the four things on your list that if you knock them out today, your goals are actually closer to reality. Next month looks different. Every 12 months, you are unrecognizable.

NOISE is everything else.

But noise feels urgent AND SOMETIMES IS. It shows up loud. It demands your attention right away. It is work because at the end of it you're tired…

But tired doesn't mean progress.

I constantly have to get honest with myself about how many days of progress I am giving up in exchange for noise...

The days I actually build something... I know it before I go to bed. There's a different feeling. A settled feeling. Not because everything's done... nothing's ever done. But because the things that matter got touched.

That's the goal.

Not a perfect day. Just a SIGNAL day.

Stay in the fire and never stop progressing. — Braven Grant