Too many pivots.

Pivots are good at the beginning of a project. This is when they are cheaper compared to later.

When an architect is designing a building, a pivot is just erasing a line and drawing it again.

Seth calls this the thrashing phase of a project.

Most of us though skip this phase. Not because we want to. But because the culture doesn't look kindly on pivoting.

In the thrashing phase, you keep pivoting. And the more you do that, the faster you reach a point where you don't need to. Where you can now write the project specs and move forward.

The best way to make space for thrashing is to keep the pivots to yourself. Talk about your ideas either with people who understand thrashing or wait until you make it a project.