I agree, which will be much to the chagrin of the community. I spend less time working, and more time thinking. I find that I am able to get more things done in a shorter amount of time if I have fully thought through exactly what I am doing before I do it. I don't just mean the normal thought process, I mean the meta thought process (is what I am thinking truly accurate). It makes my work a lot better, and I often have to work a lot less to make something that is higher quality. I often out work the people who work twice as much as me, and my work quality is higher. Getting things done is important, getting things done right is more important. If this takes me more time, then so be it. The market doesn't go who gets done first, it goes to the person who does it best.
> The market doesn't go who gets done first, it goes to the person who dos it best.
Except when it goes to the first movers. If your product's success depends on a virtual land grab, it might be better to work those 100's of less productive hours, to get something out the door first.
The first mover advantage is actually quite rare, though. For example, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook were not the first companies in their ___domain. First movers only have the advantage when you have strong network effects and strong lock-in.
Sure; I'd rather lose the landgrab, get 10% of the market so I can then steal it back with a more quality product in the end. It depends on your goals, if you goal is make a sustainable business that will be around for a long time, its best to think of the long term, which is almost never won by the landgrabber.
The smartphone market is characterised by a 2 year upgrade cycle, it is a lot harder for a company to generate long term loyalty when the consumer is fairly free to pick whichever phone they want after a contract.
Apple also move the market with a mostly new class of phone which changed people's expectations. Which is generally a way to beat a land grabber.
