This week's book: "What’s Your Dream?"" by Simon Squibb.
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."
Amelia Earhart
We tend to think clarity comes first: figure it all out, then act. The second half of this week's book argues the opposite, and it's something I've found true my whole life. You act, and the clarity follows.
Squibb's roadmap comes down to this: most people never chase their dream because they're waiting. For the perfect time, the perfect plan, or someone's permission. He makes a convincing case that none of those are required. What's required is the nerve to start before you feel ready.
That one lands for me. Some of my best opportunities came from stepping out before I was anywhere close to ready. Years ago I took on starting and running a commodity brokerage firm with no real experience, no license in place, and very little management under my belt. I figured it out on the job, and it paid off in a big way. Looking back, the clarity I kept waiting for was never going to come from thinking harder. It came from starting.
That's a big reason I'm building All Star Mentors. Every good personal development book is full of ideas that could change your life, but ideas alone don't change anything. We grow when we put them to work. My whole aim is to help people close the gap between learning and doing.
One thing to try today
Take fifteen quiet minutes this week and ask yourself one question: if I knew I couldn't fail, what would I spend my time doing? Write down the answer. Then pick one small step you can take this week toward it. That's where it starts.
So, if you knew you couldn't fail, what would you do? Hit reply, I read every one.
I'll go first: this. A newsletter handing people the practical wisdom I've spent a lifetime collecting. I couldn't have known it would work. I started anyway.
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Talk tomorrow,
Mike
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