So, I’m driving down the road minding my own business and I decide to punch the radio button to listen to a mainstream AC playing Christmas music.
E-gad! I didn’t know Alvin and the Chipmunks had so many Christmas songs.
And then I heard the announcement that said something like, “We’ll be playing Christmas music until Christmas (right then I realized I should be taking notes) and then after Christmas we’ll go right back and play the best variety of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and zeros.”
It wasn’t even December yet and they were already promoting the thing after the thing.
The further away something is the less relevant it will seem.
Here’s the most simple programming advice you’ll ever get. Do one thing.
So don’t do a bunch of things. Don’t share a list of things. Don’t promote a bunch of things. Do one thing.
“Make sure every day you do what matters most. When you know what matters most, everything makes sense.”
Gary Keller, “The One Thing“
So, when you focus on doing one thing you’ll more easily realize THE thing that is most important. But that’s another thing for another day.
