Is it better to focus on the few or juggle the many?

**sortie** · 08-26-2008, 08:06 PM

Originally posted by Fletch XXX

Straight forward question, although it does leave much open.

Is it better to focus on the few things you do, or is it better to juggle many and hope having multiple nets catch fish?

This is one of those questions where people who choose one way and do good
swear by that way and vice versa.

If you think you have a sure shot thing and spend all your time on it and it fails then
you think you should have done multiple things.

If you do a bunch of stuff and it all fails then you say you should have focused more.

One thing is for sure though!
If you try to do too many things then some of those things will be useless crap that
never got finished.

**Sly** · 08-26-2008, 08:08 PM

Focus on one... get it running smoothly. Then cast another net...

**Libertine** · 08-26-2008, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by Sly

Focus on one... get it running smoothly. Then cast another net...

This.

Starting a project is hard, maintaining it usually isn't. If you fail at getting it to run smoothly, it will achieve absolutely nothing in virtually all cases. If you start many things at once, you will lose motivation before they start running smoothly.

**WarChild** · 08-26-2008, 09:54 PM

Core competencies. Look it up.

**Shey** · 08-26-2008, 10:05 PM

Depending on how good you are at multi-tasking. I'd mostly prefer to take on one at a time until it becomes second nature and then start something else if it's something I believe has potential.

**WiredGuy** · 08-27-2008, 04:47 AM

Juggle many until you find something that makes money, then focus on that and grow it.
WG

**MRock** · 08-27-2008, 05:33 AM

I think "the many" is the ticket, at least for me. I wouldn't recommend all at once though. Get one site/project launched with a time frame for developing traffic and marketing, then move to the next on your list. My list is very long. Not enough hours/days/weeks for all of the crazy ideas in my head. The beauty of this approach is that after a while, your eggs are in many baskets and your overall income stream is more stable. My spread sheet just keeps getting wider and wider and wider ...

**The Duck** · 08-27-2008, 06:12 AM

I used to do many at the same time but recently I have shifted my focus to just a few.

**mattz** · 08-27-2008, 06:18 AM

One big net is easier to catch fish then many small ones, but you know, it's harder to make that big net

**DamianJ** · 08-27-2008, 08:11 AM

The Long Tail.

**greg1** · 08-28-2008, 08:29 AM

i think is better to focus on one things and get perfect skills...it's better than doing something everywhere and don't learn something one

**kristin** · 08-28-2008, 09:05 AM

I believe focusing on one ... some good examples are Twistys, VideoBox, Karups.

Then you can branch out once you've mastered the focus.

**Agent 488** · 08-28-2008, 09:14 AM

focus on the many and juggle the few.

**Jdoughs** · 08-28-2008, 09:20 AM

Websites and ideas come and go faster then breathes most of the time. What has always worked for me is casting out MANY nets to find the fish.

Then of course, covering that well fished area from all angles once you see where the "fish" are.

Or as my grandfather would say, "throw a bunch of shit on the wall, and see what sticks"

Once something sticks, or your nets start catching fish, you start working that net hard.

Is it better to focus on the few or juggle the many?

Is it better to focus on the few or juggle the many?

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