Mike Andes advises against switching businesses to escape current problems, arguing that moving industries often only delays encountering the same underlying challenges. He recommends staying focused on a single business and developing the skills needed to solve recurring obstacles, because new industries will raise the skill ceiling until the same problems reappear.
It's so tempting to think that starting a different business is going to alleviate the stress and pressure you're currently experiencing. And in the short term it does, because right now you're hitting up against a wall and you can't figure out a certain problem or obstacle in the business. So what a lot of times we do is instead of staying focused on that goal, we just shift to a different industry or a different business. And for a few years we are learning new things and we feel like we're making all this progress until we come right up against the same problem or issue inside the business that we can't figure out. That's why I believe regardless of what business you choo choose, you'll simply rise the level of skill that you have, and then you won't be able to move forward unless you figure out that problem.
