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Yesterday was a big day.  I let go.  Yup, me, Connor Fee.  

I stepped away from something I have a very direct interest in, and let someone else have control.  

I think this is a step in AA or something.

Ok, for clarity’s sake, I didn’t really step away so much, as Tristan took control away from me.  Details…

Tristan runs production here at Event Seek (when he’s not doing pretty much everything else).  He makes sure our back-end and front-end development teams are getting the product built, meeting deadlines, and keeping us informed of their progress.  It’s not an easy job, especially when your CEO (and business partner) asks you every 10 minutes when he can see the latest progress.  I don’t envy him.

So, here’s the real problem: I’m demanding, never satisfied, always asking for more, changing my mind midway through, and *mildly* arrogant. These qualities make me the worst person ever to be involved in production.  However, I believe these same qualities make me a great leader and a great entrepreneur (yet to be proven). 

Now you really want Tristan’s job right?

Yesterday really was a big day.  It was a kind of a “Time to grow up Peter Pan” day. Tristan and I agreed that I would step out of production for two weeks.  I’m not allowed to interject how I would run the teams, what pieces we should focus on first, or what I think of our speed thus far. Time to leave production to the guy who has experience running a production team.  It’s the right thing for us to do.  It’s the right thing for Tristan’s sanity.  It’s the right thing for my sanity.

But yet, I suddenly feel distant, removed, unable to impose my will.  I guess that is sort of the idea.

How does it start?

1. I admit that I am powerless over my need to interject, production has become unmanageable.
2. I have come to believe that there is a higher power…

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