Someone Kick Me Please

"What if" you don't get stuck in and try it? You'll never know if it would have worked or not, will you?

I'm very impulsive when it comes to websites and niches. I jump in the deep end, often with my eyes closed. Some work, some don't. Too much planning is setting yourself up to fail, in my opinion. Just get started and see where the road leads.

(ps - I don't want your $10!)

Ok ... Just Do It

(but don't send me any money)

* landing my kicking finger on my kicking mouse button *

I can cut your investment in half with one word...

Fiverr



Just do it. If you fail, you will have succeeded in learning one way not to make money. That will make you an expert in one more thing which may pay dividends down the road.

Send it here, please. carol smith is fundraising for St Michael's Hospice (Hereford). Just type in £6 (I think that's about $10) and say you aren't a UK taxpayer. Thanks.

I'm raising money for our local hospice in memory of a good friend.

Oh yes - "just do it"

Carol, donation sent. Thank you.

Thanks to all who have responded. I'm feeling a little better. :-)

Happens to me too. You know what the end result usually is? I dither and dally trying to get up the courage to put my "plan" into action and when I finally manage it....I realize I wasted a ton of time and could've been doing something really cool and successful a lot sooner!

When you go to the effort to plan things out carefully, dot your i's and cross your t's, you're not going to "fail". At least not the way we normally think of failure. You might have "set backs" and some "bumps", but these will merely be temporary in nature and you will get past them by applying the same thoughtfulness and effort you originally did to create your plan. And it generally takes a lot less time to fix these problems then you spend worrying about them on the front end!

And now, for your reading pleasure, an encouraging story!

This winter I received a dog sled for Christmas. It came in a package and needed assembly.

Confession time: I can't put together IKEA furniture. I even messed up one of the most basic office chairs and bookcase (seriously a bookcase is about as simple as it gets!).

I was a bit nervous about putting together a dog sled...but I really wanted to do it myself without help. So, I read the instructions (not that this had helped me with IKEA furniture, but you have to start somewhere.) Then I started mentally picturing how each part when together. I read a few facebook posts by other people who had put it together. I read a few facebook posts by people who worked on dogsleds in general.

And then it sat. It sat for several months. I waited for a day where I'd have the entire day to do it so if I screwed up I would have time to fix it. But a busy family means that day will never come.

Finally I said to myself , "Com'on it's almost spring! Let's look at those directions again and actually get it built!" Another glance through and they seemed a lot simpler. In fact, the entire thing looked like it could be put together in an afternoon when assembled correctly. (Yeah, but the odds of me doing that?) Well, then I'll just need more than one day! <---Mental attitude is 180 from previously here. Before I was all "How long do I need to fix a screw up?" Now I was all "How long do I need to succeed?" Two entirely different viewpoints!

So I started working on it. Three hours later I was done and I had put everything together right the first time. If I hadn't psyched myself out to begin with when I first read the instructions I could've had it together months ago! (Fortunately we had a mild winter and I didn't miss any sledding as we had no snow.)

So, as the old baseball axiom goes "You can't steal second with your foot on first." Make a good plan, one that allows for potential "bumps" in the road (that is, don't go out on a limb you can't recover from) and then JUST DO IT!

/keep the $10. Treat yourself to some Starbucks for officially putting your plan into action all the way!

(This is being posted after the $10 has been given away)



If you don't take action, nothing will ever happen.

You've got everything it takes, but now it's just YOURSELF holding you back?

You're miles ahead of other people (in your niche and in your shoes) so don't
let fear stand in the way.

PM me and if I can help in any way I will, I am a successful product creator myself.

Either way, I still encourage you to take action and pursue your endeavor full-force.

Much success to you and let us all know when you've taken the leap!

Best,
Shane

Very fun story, cuzsis. I am so happy you took the time to consider everything carefully and let the idea ruminate for a bit before tackling your assembly because chances are this led to your 180 degree turnaround in thought process and the rise in your confidence level. AND, you put the sled together right your first time out. Congrats! :-)

Hmm. Leads me to think maybe I should just step back and let things stew in my head for a bit, give everything a little time to clarify itself. Feels like great advice.

The $10 has already been donated to a worthy cause, but I wanted to say thanks and that I appreciate your post. It is certainly encouraging and uplifting.

"Those Who Dare and Take Action Get a Reward"

Or your be wondering...."What if"....

all you need to have is "will power" once you ready to do. Stand up and start doing no matter what you get but all you get is EXPERIENCE

Just do the product. Let it be fully finished, make it clean and neat.

Even if you "fail", a lesson will be learned. Next time you will be smarter etc... Heck, even if you fail, you can sell your ready-made product on flippa.

Remember this phrase (I drill this into all my own clients), and repeat it often: Good enough, is good enough.


You'll never make a perfect product, there will always be something to fix, adjust, make better, etc... So you make it good enough, make it so that you are produ of it, and it will be of real value to those who purchase it, and then you make it live. It takes far less energy to update an existing product than it does to create the product in the first place.


Here is the way out of the what-if loop: How will your life be different next year, if you do not follow through with this? What if you never get this done? What if a decade goes by, and you are thinking, What if I had just finished what I started ten years ago?

HTH!

Ask yourself this question, what if you don't? Will this be the oppertunity which you let pass by which could of been one of the best things you done? Are you willing to take that risk?

Watch this video in this thread I recently posted: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...m-reality.html

What if that guy just accepted what he is, where would he be if just accepted it.

The only motivation quote you're ever going to need:

"He who dares Rodders. He who dares..."


Daniel

Most people hate to 'just do it' because the moment you actually do something and put it into action is the same moment you will know whether it is going to work or not. That can be a scary prospect if you have worked on something for a long time. But what's even scarier is just sitting on an idea and never knowing.

It's the same feeling you have when you walk in to have them check your lottery ticket. We buy lottery tickets not because we think we are really going to win but because for the few days before the lottery is drawn, it allows us to fantasize and dream about what we would do if we won. But you know as soon as you walk into the newsagent to have that ticket checked, all of a sudden the dreams and fantasies will be over.

How many times have you kept a lottery ticket in the bottom of your draw for weeks or months on end? A lot of people do. Once again it's because it allows them to keep the dream and fantasy alive. There is always that slight chance they are sitting on a winning ticket and for them, not knowing is much more attractive than knowing the reality.

Why don't you treat your "what-if loop" as just another stage of the development process for your suite of products? Turn it into a risk assessment and try to put a contingency in place for each of those "what-ifs" that you're worried might befall your project. If you do this, you might end up not only breaking free of your "what-if loop" but also feeling more confident about the success of your project than you originally did as a result of the extra planning you've done. Just a thought.

you would never what it really is unless you have the first step

Everyone goes throguh this! Who cares what happens... like you said you have a good plan and have found a profitable niche... why are you waiting? If you fail you'll learn from it and be much better the next time, if you don't fail you win! Either way you're progressing and learning by doing.

See, now this is exactly what I need - an entire thread of people not only telling me to "just do it" but posting some very valid reasons why I should as well as some great "heads up" reasons why I may be kicking myself later if I don't.

@tpw: Bill, I think it's more an "allergy" to work "for myself" than fear of either success or failure. :-)

The material is good, so I'm not worried it won't be useful - as long as someone accesses and uses it. Not scared of success either, as near as I can tell, because even if it only succeeds in a small way, I will be happy. I will be helping others and making a little extra extra money, too.

Yeah, probably my "this is for myself so it's okay to put it off" work allergies flaring up...and that may be your problem, too? Go write those last five pages, my good man! Just do it. And let the market tell you whether or not you're "good enough." :-)

@WarrenPeterson: OMG, if another entire decade goes by and I don't get this done, we can all safely assume it ain't gonna happen at all. LOL. I do have a loose "timeline" set up, though.

End of March, one part of the program will be done. End of April, a second piece. End of June, a third, end of September, a fourth, and finally, by the end of December 2013, I will have all the pieces completed and hopefully live on the 'net. That's the plan, anyway.

@JohnMcCabe: Yes, definitely. My brain deserves a lot more credit for all the work I force it to do. I agree with you that, given information to dwell on and time to process, eventually my noodle will spit out the answers I need, want, have been looking for all along. Thank you. :-)

@Sandra Martinez: Yes, I have a to-do list. I also have clients, and they do come first when it comes to priorities in my work time. They have paid me to deliver, so they get top dibs on my time. After client time, however, I am using my timeline and to do list to work through things - just lately (the past few days) the "amount of work" to be done started to feel overwhelming ...and I got stuck.

@garyisonline: Gotta figure outs - already have a few of those on the list, to be honest. They don't feel like major hurdles right now, and I sure hope they don't come back to bite me in the derriere later, when I do get to them!

Right now, I'm on schedule. But I could feel myself slipping into the "I don't wanna do this yet!" whiny mode, which is never a good thing when you're trying to move forward. So...I fired up my browser and came here for a swift kick in the pants. And it helped! :-)

@butters: Thank you. If I don't do this, I'll get the same results anyone gets - no progress. I'll be getting nowhere, and I am not willing to accept that. Thanks to all of you, continuing to moving forward feels more right than slinking back or doing nothing.

@Craig Desorcy: Exactly. My daughter recently laughed at me for telling her "what if" is evil. LOL. Considering we are writers, the "what if" question is one we utilize lots in our line of work, so you can imagine how hilarious she found my comment. :-)

@Daniel Evans: I certainly dare.

@WillR: Sometimes, we have a very good feeling something is going to work. In fact, we know it in our bones, but then, we are slow to put it out there and when we finally do, we end up getting lost in the sea of fast movers. Getting lost is what I am definitely trying to avoid.

@Christian Ball: Excellent suggestion! Thank you.

@sovee: Thank you. This is true. I've made the first steps. Looking forward, I see a long journey ahead. Like on The Emperor's New Groove, it sometimes seems I'm headed straight for the edge of a huge waterfall where, at the bottom of a massive drop, sharp rocks lay in eager wait to tear me to shreds. Some days, it's a little difficult to look at that and say, "Bring it on!"

@thedanbrown: Yep, everyone does. And like everyone, I sometimes just need a reminder from someone outside my head that there are very good reasons to not wait. Thank you.

Hey, Tina! I'd usually go with my gutts in that kinda situation. Go for that very thought inside you telling you what to do. Coz there's risk everywhere and only when you're able to dodge the fatal blow will you be able to continue.

so, JUST DO IT!

You need to suppress that little voice in your head (ego) and keep moving forwards.

Launch the product then work out the kinks in the road.

ActionTaker = Experience
Experience + Learn about Errors = Succeed.
Just Do IT!!!

I seem to have run out of thanks - my thank you button disappeared. First time I've had that happen. Hmm. I'll just have to say it here. Thank you to everyone who has responded. I feel there's some really useful stuff being shared here, and I appreciate your taking the time to share it.

@tpw: Very nice! I'm happy to hear you created a project deemed to be very good from start to finish overnight. PM or Skype me a link when it goes on sale so I can take a peek at it. Congratulations. :-)

Hi Tina,

Look at it this way... 5, 10, 50 years from now... will you look back on this moment and be proud of yourself because of what you tried, or remorseful because of what could have been?