The Jomag Take #046

 THE JOMAG TAKE #046 If There Is No Road, I Make One

Business as it really is.

I’ve always had a problem riding in groups.

Not because I don’t like people.

But because when I see a trail that looks interesting,

I want to take it.

If there’s a fork in the road, I don’t automatically follow the pack.

If there’s no road, I’ll try to make one.

That’s how I ride motorcycles.

And that’s how I do business.

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When I ride, I don’t obsess over the final destination.

I read the terrain.

I feel the gravel.

I trust instinct built from years of riding.

I adjust in real time.

Sometimes I take detours.

Sometimes I get lost.

Sometimes I find something better.

Not everyone enjoys that.

That’s why sometimes I ride alone.

And that’s okay.

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I realized something years ago:

What you do outside work is not separate from who you are at work.

You don’t have two personalities.

If you’re cautious in life, you’ll be cautious in business.

If you love certainty outside, you’ll want structure inside.

If you enjoy controlled environments, you’ll design controlled companies.

And if you’re wired like me —

you’re non-linear.

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There’s actually a name for this type.

Psychologists call it high openness to experience.

Anthropologists would say it’s the explorer type.

Every tribe needed them.

The ones who walked away from the village and said:

“Let’s see what’s beyond that hill.”

Not because they were reckless.

Because they were curious.

But here’s the important part:

Explorers are necessary.

So are settlers.

Some people build roads.

Some people maintain them.

Some people map the terrain.

None is wrong.

But you better know which one you are.

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Non-linear personalities:

• think in patterns, not straight lines

• move before complete certainty

• trust instinct after enough scars

• adjust quickly

• get bored with rigid scripts

We’re comfortable in uncertainty.

Planners hate that.

They ask:

“What’s the five-year plan?”

“Where exactly is this going?”

And sometimes the real answer is:

“I’ll know when I get there.”

Not because there’s no discipline.

Because the discipline is situational.

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Here’s the funny part.

If I force myself to operate in environments that are overly structured, slow, repetitive, and bureaucratic…

I suffocate.

I become impatient.

I lose energy.

So I’ve learned something important:

Don’t build a life that fights your wiring.

Build one that works with it.

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This doesn’t mean everyone should be like this.

Some leaders are builders of order.

They:

• love structure

• love process

• love predictability

They are equally important.

But they shouldn’t force themselves to be explorers.

And explorers shouldn’t force themselves to be bureaucrats.

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Survival wasn’t about everyone being the same.

It was about diversity of roles.

The tribe needed:

• hunters

• toolmakers

• planners

• scouts

• storytellers

Modern business is the same.

The problem is when we try to fit everyone into one template.

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So here’s the real point.

There is no wrong personality.

There is only misalignment.

If you constantly feel bored, constrained, or irritated,

maybe it’s not the work.

Maybe it’s the environment fighting your wiring.

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I stopped apologizing for being non-linear.

I just learned to:

• surround myself with linear thinkers

• respect their strength

• let them stabilize what I explore

That’s maturity.

Not changing who you are.

But knowing who you are.

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JOMAG VERDICT

If there’s no road, I’ll create one.

That’s me.

What’s you?

Know your wiring.

Honor it.

Build around it.

Because when you fight your nature, it leaks out anyway — usually at the worst time.

And business is hard enough without pretending to be someone else.

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JOMAG PRESS

Business as it really is.