Not always true

In business, we’re told to

“Work on the business, not in the business.”

True for entrepreneurs, less so for artists and indies.

And even less so when appropriating lessons to productivity.

“Work on your productivity system, not in your productivity system” would be terrible advice, when in fact the opposite is true.

Advice is not universally ‘true’.

Advice is simply a reflection of what has worked before in some circumstances some of the time.

Take it with a pinch of salt.

And be OK with doing the opposite.