Prompt: Write about what deserves more of your attention.
The prompt for today, June 12, 2026, is: write about what deserves more of your attention.
Lately, as I’ve been thinking about my craft and finding my craft—about that maker side of me—I think what I really need to pay more attention to is what I’m doing well.
I spend a lot of time focusing on what I’m not doing well. I spend a lot of time thinking about what I could be doing. I think about improvements all the time. I think about next steps, next projects, big ideas, and all the systems I need to have in place in order to succeed.
What I don’t do is focus on what I’m doing well.
I think that might be one of the biggest things stopping me from feeling successful. Ultimately, I’ll never reach perfection. I’ll never find the perfect product. I’ll never find the perfect method for making it. I’ll never choose the right project every single time.
Perfection is an unattainable goal.
But there’s protection in it, too, because it stops me from doing things.
If I were to focus on what I’m doing well—if I were to really hold on to that and promote it, even—and find some self-confidence and self-motivation through it, which is probably the deeper issue, I think I’d be much further along.
I could still be in the exact same position financially and in terms of the business’s development and progress, but I would feel more successful than I do now.
So, yeah. I think focusing on what I do well deserves more of my attention.
I guess it applies to all aspects of life, doesn’t it?
Well, maybe not driving.
Actually, no—nobody’s a good driver. Everybody wants to be a good driver, but nobody’s a good driver.
Anyway.
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All right, folks. I’ll talk to you tomorrow.
This transcript was lightly cleaned up with the help of AI to improve readability while preserving the original voice and intent of the recording.
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