Ideas are a dime a dozen. But implementation is one in a million! Of all the successful people I meet in my career, believe it when I say that all of them—yes, all of them—are doers! Be they actors, producers, or business entrepreneurs, they have all taken steps towards achieving the goals that they have set for themselves. In this world where everybody and their sister has a good business idea, only one in a thousand people takes the risk of putting words into action. Here are five pointers to get you going:
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Just start already. If you’re waiting to start when conditions are perfect, you probably never will. The time will never be right, and the conditions will never be ideal. In the real world, there is no perfect time to start. You have to take action and deal with problems as they arise.
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Take action. Stop thinking about things, and start doing them. The more you think about something, the more reasons you find not to do it. Statistics show that the average entrepreneur fails at two businesses before achieving success. So hurry up and get the failures out of the way!
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Spend the money. Success doesn’t come cheap! If you want to be successful, you have to spend the money to do it. Hire the best advisors. Use quality supplies. Buy the best software. In other words, take a chance, and put your money where your mouth is.
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Implement. Implement. Implement. Ideas are important, but they’re only valuable after they’ve been implemented. An average idea implemented is more valuable that one-hundred brilliant ideas unworked.
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Be an ass! But not a dumb ass! Think your ideas through, and accept constructive criticism, but don’t let player-haters stop your momentum. When people tell you it can’t be done, they usually mean that THEY can’t do it. Always remember, some guy made a million dollars selling the “pet rock.” If that idea worked, you better believe yours can too!
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Be an ass! But not a dumb ass! Think your ideas through, and accept constructive criticism, but don’t let player-haters stop your momentum. When people tell you it can’t be done, they usually mean that THEY can’t do it. Always remember, some guy made a million dollars selling the “pet rock.” If that idea worked, you better believe yours can too!
