Hey there,
To get a dream done, give it TOM (Time, Optionality, Money).

To have TOM to give, you need to get it from some other area. If all your TOM is being used on something else, there isn’t any for your vision. So you need to quit one thing to make room for the Next Thing.

Our first instinct is to not reallocate resources until we’ve got a plan. “Look before you leap.” “Don’t burn your bridges.”

This makes sense in the “Raphael” world, when you’re executing ideas and methods that are well-established. If you know what you need to do, you know how much TOM it requires.

But this is a trap in the “Leonardo” world. The more innovative the Next Thing, the harder it is to know how much TOM it requires. You’ll keep looking, and never leap. Your prior commitments will follow you across the bridge.

So quit without a plan. The Next Thing is finding what’s the Next Thing.

Aphorism: “I have some restless searcher in me. Why is there not a discovery in life? Something one can lay hands on & say ‘This is it?’” —Virginia Woolf

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Best,
David
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