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Tip for the day

by Anna Johnson
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If you sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the 'how to' courses, ebooks, systems telling you to do this and that... or by a long list of to-dos... or by the feeling that everything needs to be perfect before you'll get anywhere... listen up:

It's better to do something poorly, than nothing perfectly.

Think like a writer: the first draft is always the hardest, but once you've got it on paper, it's much easier to edit and improve it. Same with product development, marketing, and other areas of business.

So just get out there and do something. You can always go back to tweak and improve it (which I would urge you to do). The important thing is to get going and build momentum.

Anna
#day #tip
  • Profile picture of the author LiveLife97
    Thanks Anna for that post!

    I'm fairly new to IM and can sometimes feel overwhelmed with all the information that is out there.

    However, I know what truly matters if you want to become successful in this business...Taking action!

    Like you said...I can always go back and fix something at a later time. I just need to do something!

    Thanks again! Sometimes we new people need to read posts like this to get us back on track.

    Take Care,
    Gary
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    • Profile picture of the author ExRat
      Hi Anna,

      It's better to do something poorly, than nothing perfectly.
      That's what I tell my girlfriends when they look disappointed when I proudly give them their hand-crafted birthday card with stickman drawings on the front.

      In future, if I ever manage to get another girlfriend, I'll give them a print-out of this post tucked inside as well.
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      Roger Davis
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      • Profile picture of the author TheNightOwl
        Originally Posted by ExRat View Post

        That's what I tell my girlfriends when they look disappointed when I proudly give them their hand-crafted birthday card with stickman drawings on the front.

        In future, if I ever manage to get another girlfriend, I'll give them a print-out of this post tucked inside as well.
        HA HA! LOL!

        The irony is so delicious.

        Nice one, Roger. Even as I hit "Submit Reply", I knew that my post wasn't the whole picture and needed qualifying. But I'd already been through a qualifier of the same point on another thread earlier.

        Too funny; you're soooo right. In some contexts... **Danger! danger, Will Robinson!**
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  • Profile picture of the author TheNightOwl
    Nice analogy to the scary, scary blank page.

    "Ready, Fire! Aim"
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  • Profile picture of the author OmarNegron
    Hey Anna I agree with you totally.

    The first step is the take the action to and do it.

    It's always better to do something horribly then to have never have started at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author e-genius
    Thnx Anna, you just inspired me, god bless you! and have a wonderfull week
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  • Profile picture of the author Anna Johnson
    Thanks all. If I look back at the businesses and projects we've done there isn't a single example of doing everything perfectly. In fact, I can pick apart just about everything we've done and tell you how we should have done this and should have done that. And there are still many, many, many things we still need to do to improve things (which will ALWAYS be the case for any business that wants to continuously improve).

    This may sound heretical, but in many cases - especially when we're talking about low-cost items like ebooks - it may well be better to launch an average product than to spend another 6 or 12 months or longer to get everything perfect.

    Not because you want to go out of your way to put out a poor product, but so that you (a) prove to yourself that you CAN launch a product, (b) get invaluable feedback from the market, and (c) you get that all important momentum to keep going and do better next time.
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