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Why Haven’t You Worked on That Idea?

Have you ever had an idea? Like any time in your life - have you had at least one idea? Yes? I’m damn sure - the answer is yes.

Next question - did you work on it? “Yes” for some. “No” for most.

I want you to focus on the ideas that you haven’t worked on. You probably won’t be even to recall most of them. But the ones that you can recall, why haven’t you worked on them?

Never got around to it? No ‘idea’ why?

Let’s explore the reasons why one might not work on an idea and I’ll offer my solutions:

Problem: Lack of resources (money or time)
Solution: Probably the most common excuse. No time? Find a way - cut down on your social media, watch less television, and reduce time spent on entertainment. No money? Find cheaper alternatives. Freelancing. Stocks. Something else. I never said it was going to be easy. It comes with a cost. I also do not encourage ‘hustle culture’. You don’t need to give up your life to do something worthwhile. But most resource constraints can be addressed with some cut-and-push. Of course, if your idea is synthesizing anti-matter - all the best!

Problem: What will people say?
Solution: Doesn’t matter. Does it? Let me be honest, no matter what your idea is, the large majority couldn’t care less. Do it for yourself! Let the few who want to support you, do their thing. You do you.

Problem: It’s too big
Solution: Great, you have a long-term vision but since you’ve never done this before, you’re feeling overwhelmed. Break it down. One step at a time. You can gain momentum gradually as you progress and others might join your journey. Also, stick to deadlines.

Problem: It’s too risky
Solution: Look, I’m not one of those who say ‘Escape the 9-to-5’. A routine job might be the right thing for you and it’s perfectly fine. But if it isn’t, you probably already know it isn’t. Then why don’t you take that risk? Ideate, create a plan, try minimizing the risk but if it’s unavoidable - just do it. Choose one: a risk with a chance of success or failure or a life of regret.

Problem: It’s not perfect.
Solution: You may not even know why the idea is not perfect. You just get a gut feeling: something must be wrong/I must be missing something. Maybe you are. But you’ll never know unless you start. Stay open-minded and actively receive feedback. You can not get everything right the first time. It takes multiple iterations but you need to start.

Problem: What if after everything is done - I fail?
Solution: Failure is more common than success. It’s a fact. It depends on you whether you use your failures as enablers or depressants. Fall seven times, get up eight. Also, there’s no absolute failure. You might make a product that no one buys or maybe you burn more cash than you make and close shop, but you cannot completely fail. You learn something. You develop skills. You create a network. You build a foundation. A foundation for your next failure, and then a bigger foundation for another failure. Ultimately, the foundation will be so huge, you’ll have to just jump to touch the sky.

These were some of the reasons that I could think of. Do you have any other reasons in mind? Feel free to reply.

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