In computing, force quit is a command that forces a computer to abandon its current operation (often because the system locks up and is producing nothing). After all, it’s pointless to keep a stalled program alive if it is producing no results.

However, life is not so black and white. Life gives you more choices than simply quitting.

When faced with a stalled project lacking results, you can choose to continue letting it waste away, to force quit it, or to force start it. There is no absolutely right choice. It all depends on the circumstances surrounding a project’s context. Because time is a limited resource, you will always have to quit one thing in order to start another. The question is not What is important? but rather What is most important?

After a season of strategically stalling this blog, it has come time for me to choose between force quitting and force starting. I have chosen to force start KentShaffer.com and celebrate the relaunch with a redesign.

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Sometimes you must postpone something good in order to do something great.

The world is full of good opportunities but great opportunities are typically rare. And when they come, it is worth postponing something that is important in order to do something that is more important.

This summer I postponed blogging here at KentShaffer.com. And I invested that time into developing a new commercial real estate listings website called AcreScout. AcreScout allows real estate agents to add their commercial properties for free. And user friendly tools make it easy for businesses and organizations to search for commercial real estate for sale or for lease.

Eventually, there will be more blog posts here.

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What’s this blog about?

I enjoy helping organizations become more effective and successful. There is no niche that holds all the answers, but I will be focusing most of my posts on the areas of design, leadership, management, marketing, technology, and culture.