I had a very interesting discussion with a great friend, Alex, where he pretty much called me a pain in the arse. Not in so many words mind you but that’s what he was saying. The reason, besides my obvious pain in the arse nature, was that I was asking too many questions and not doing enough. His exact quote at 11:34a was:
…instead of talk about things, i do them and lead by example instead. you just havent been paying attention
He’s right. I’ve been watching and loving what everyone does without actually paying attention. It’s easy to gloss over the smaller points of someone’s mindset, ideas and goals and it’s even easier to simple ignore what they have to say. They can paint the walls with their thoughts and ideas but at the end of the day, it may just be colors on a wall.
Why am I writing any of this? I wanted to share with you another small tidbit that Alex shared with me. Information is very important. Research, educating yourself and learning the ins and outs of your business or idea is of the utmost but there is a difference between being cautious (reading up on everything before you take the leap) and being diligent is that:
…The nice thing about diligence is you can do it along the way.
So I ask you this simple question. Why? Why haven’t you attempted your crazy idea? Why haven’t you taken a leap of faith and jumped into the entrepeneur world? Why haven’t you switched jobs? Or bought that new house? Why? I know I am. Next week, I plan on launching something new that might be strange, new, scary and awesome but it’ll be launched (with the help of many friends). I’m taking that leap.
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