A heavier anchor holds the boat, but it’s also harder to pull up. Pick the things you commit to carefully.

Commitment is weight, and weight is the point and also the cost. A heavier anchor holds you through worse weather and takes real effort to raise when it is time to move, so choosing what to commit to is partly a choice about what you will find hard to leave. Teams, relationships, jobs, beliefs. The ones that hold you steady are the same ones that will not let go easily.

Before you take on the next thing, ask what raising that anchor would cost in a year. Then say yes or no with the answer in front of you.