Context switching is probably once of the most important skills as an entrepreneur

If you’re going to be an entrepreneur,, you will have to be in it for the long haul (Plan for 10 years). It takes so long to build something because it takes an extraordinary amount of work to get something going. Think Newton's first law of motion - objects in motion stay in motion and objects at rest stay in rest unless acted upon by an external force. Getting an object in rest (company) into motion takes an exorbitant amount of work. The good thing is that Newton's law starts working for you, and every year, you start building upon what you did the previous year.

This makes sense and validates the 2 simple rules of building a business.

1. Wake up every day and think about the problem

2. Dont go bankrupt this month

if you’re able to do rule #1 and rule #2 everyday, then it's just a matter of time before you find success. for any business that failed - the founders stopped waking up every day and thinking about the problem, or they ran out of money. If you wake up every day and think about the problem - your basic understanding of the problem will increase vastly. you’ll build a model in your head - try some experiments, fail, try something new, pivot - until you eventually succeed.

Now if you’re going to have to wake up every day and think about the problem, and likely you’re going to have to do this for a long time (plan for 10 years if you’re building something great). Then the question becomes how do you still cope/deal with society, family, life, and friends. You don't want to be that guy/gal who's always working or always on their phone.