CHAPTER 10.
F.U.MONEY MYTH #8:
YOU HAVE TO BE
PERFECTLY READY.
Have you ever heard of the saying, “Success is when preparation
meets with opportunity”?
I’ve got news for you. No matter how much you prepare, you’ll
never be totally prepared for every opportunity. If you wait for perfect
conditions before you seize an opportunity, you’ll be waiting till the day
you die. ASSUMING you are not dying now, read on.
I wasn’t ready when I quit my job. I wasn’t ready when Istarted a
business. I wasn’t ready when I put up my first website. I wasn’t ready
when I wrote my first book. I wasn’t ready when I had to deliver a
presentation infront of thousands of people. I wasn’t ready when I made my first million. I probably wasn’t ready for every major opportunity that presented itself in my life—but I was comfortable.
I like what Mark Burnett, the creator of Survivor and The Apprentice
outlines as his philosophy of business in his book Jump In!: Even If
You Don’t Know How to Swim: “Nothing will ever be totally perfect,
and nothing can be totally planned. The best you can hope for is to be
about half certain of your plan and know that you and the team you’ve
assembled are willing to work hard enough to overcome the inevitable
problems as they arrive. And arrive they will.”
Another thing that holds people back is that they say to themselves,
“But I don’t know how to do it.” Well, here’s my answer to that: you
don’t have to know how to do something before you do it!
Here’s an example: let’s say you’re being
forced to run a marathon a year from now. For
argument’s sake, let’s say you’re not allowed
to read a book on running marathons, you’re
not allowed to buy special equipment, and
you’re not even allowed to get advice from
another marathon runner. Yet you still have
to be prepared, because a year from now you
know you’re going to run the marathon.
My question is, can you still prepare
yourself to run the damn marathon?
Absolutely! How? Put on your running shoes
and start running! You can learn as you go.
MONEYISM#26
Rich people make
themselves do
what they don’t
know how to
do–until they do
know how to
do it.
People use fear of not knowing something
as an excuse for not getting started. It’s called
“paralysis of analysis.” You’ll see this a lot on the
seminar circuit. People go from one seminar to
another, seeking all the “answers” before they
get started. As a result, they never get started.
They’re hiding behind the education, scared to
death of making a mistake.
Now, I’m not saying don’t get an education. But don’t get hung up
on the details. You can figure it out as you go. Get off your ass and do
something.
The answers always come as you’re working on it. The answer about your rich life is already in your question.
F.U.MONEY MYTH #8:
YOU HAVE TO BE
PERFECTLY READY.
Have you ever heard of the saying, “Success is when preparation
meets with opportunity”?
I’ve got news for you. No matter how much you prepare, you’ll
never be totally prepared for every opportunity. If you wait for perfect
conditions before you seize an opportunity, you’ll be waiting till the day
you die. ASSUMING you are not dying now, read on.
I wasn’t ready when I quit my job. I wasn’t ready when Istarted a
business. I wasn’t ready when I put up my first website. I wasn’t ready
when I wrote my first book. I wasn’t ready when I had to deliver a
presentation infront of thousands of people. I wasn’t ready when I made my first million. I probably wasn’t ready for every major opportunity that presented itself in my life—but I was comfortable.
I like what Mark Burnett, the creator of Survivor and The Apprentice
outlines as his philosophy of business in his book Jump In!: Even If
You Don’t Know How to Swim: “Nothing will ever be totally perfect,
and nothing can be totally planned. The best you can hope for is to be
about half certain of your plan and know that you and the team you’ve
assembled are willing to work hard enough to overcome the inevitable
problems as they arrive. And arrive they will.”
Another thing that holds people back is that they say to themselves,
“But I don’t know how to do it.” Well, here’s my answer to that: you
don’t have to know how to do something before you do it!
Here’s an example: let’s say you’re being
forced to run a marathon a year from now. For
argument’s sake, let’s say you’re not allowed
to read a book on running marathons, you’re
not allowed to buy special equipment, and
you’re not even allowed to get advice from
another marathon runner. Yet you still have
to be prepared, because a year from now you
know you’re going to run the marathon.
My question is, can you still prepare
yourself to run the damn marathon?
Absolutely! How? Put on your running shoes
and start running! You can learn as you go.
MONEYISM#26
Rich people make
themselves do
what they don’t
know how to
do–until they do
know how to
do it.
People use fear of not knowing something
as an excuse for not getting started. It’s called
“paralysis of analysis.” You’ll see this a lot on the
seminar circuit. People go from one seminar to
another, seeking all the “answers” before they
get started. As a result, they never get started.
They’re hiding behind the education, scared to
death of making a mistake.
Now, I’m not saying don’t get an education. But don’t get hung up
on the details. You can figure it out as you go. Get off your ass and do
something.
The answers always come as you’re working on it. The answer about your rich life is already in your question.
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