Nicolas Cole argues that committing to one focus for one to three years builds transferable skills you can apply to anything later. You're not locked in forever. The skills compound, and you can move on with real momentum.
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There is always a cost. And just because you commit to something for a period of time does not mean that you are stuck there forever. It means you committed to it for a year. It means you built your personal brand around a thing for a year or 2 years or 3 years. And then guess what? You build skills and you learn. And then whatever thing I do next, do we all agree that next thing will probably be as successful or even more successful because I just take all the same skills and I apply it to something different? Of course. If you commit to something for a year, 2 years, or 3 years, you are not giving up all these other things forever. You're giving it up for a period of time so that you actually see progress.