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I found this really interesting because right now I'm both an entrepreneur and a writer. As I become more involved in day to day operations and running the company, my ability to write interesting stuff on a daily basis has gone down.
As an entrepreneur, all you can think about is your business, and that takes a lot of energy. Generating new and insightful ideas or finding the time to really analyze what other people are doing also takes a lot of time and a lot of energy. And as you alluded to, its a completely different type of work.
I think it's possible to be both a doer and an analyzer, but it's certainly not easy.
I'm an entrepreneur (among many other things), and the company I'm building does not require constant attention. It doesn't need me to be hands on all the time...or even most of the time.
Automating processes combines the best of both worlds - you can be both a "doer" and an "analyzer" simultaneously.
Tim Ferriss would agree with me, I'd wager.
I think I'm more of an analyzer, but at heart, I really want to be a "doer". I think I get caught up in the fear of actually taking the plunge and starting a company. But, taking a certain problem or situation, breaking it down and analyzing it, I'm pretty good at. Hopefully, I can turn my professinal interests such as career development and personal finance and turn them into a sustainable business model.
