I held off reading this post by Jason Calacanis because it was slightly longer than most. I didn't have time to read it. I kept it unread until I had the time. Today I read it. If you haven't had the time, let me summarise:
- If you're a normal person who never ran a business, you don't get business.
- If you're a skeptical person, you probably had a half-arsed idea go half-way at some time.
- If you're a dreamer, your idea is automatically a winner. Doesn't matter what it is.
It is, as I said, just that simple.
That little effort means I at least wrote something in between last weeks awful self-review session and this week's. Now i'm going to shake this up..
The Wasted Space
1. I won't write about checking the list whilst checking the list anymore. Waste.
2. I won't detail anything achieved more than once if nothing has changed. Waste!
The Easy Stuff
1. I will stick to my weekday food and drink ethic as set out previously.
2. I will stick to wasting less weekday time playing fake poker.
3. I will continue watching 2 or more films each week.
4. I will take photos everywhere I go (high bar remains).
5. I will buy at least one more work shirt by the end of February.
6. I will move to Birmingham before the end of April.
7. I will stay in touch with my friends weekly.
The Challenging Stuff
1. I will continue to write a song each month.
2. I will continue to work towards my set work goals.
3. I will continue to rethink my career inside and outside my current role weekly.
4. I will find the time to manage a 3 times a week exercise schedule.
Easy - Took some photos this week. Some very good ones actually. Everything else remains on track.
Challenging - Still honing the January song even though I have to start writing a new one on Thursday. Making very strong progress on work goals, but need to assert this week to stay on track. The exercise I want to do is made hard by the lack of opportunity to swim at local pools. Hopefully it might be easier when I move. One additional rule this week - no exercise can be put off until Sunday. It quite simply won't happen on Sunday.
There, much more concise. I hope some of the work related ones will become more specific soon - in these cases the goal is better goals. I now realise, rightly or wrongly in the eyes of the experts, a specific goal for the sake of a specific goal is just stupid.
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Quick note: The contest of this post is for people who are in year one of building a new service. I say pretty clearly this takes the assumption that your idea is going work out--which obviously not every idea does.
I never said that if you're a normal person you don't get business.
By definition if your idea is revolutionary/cutting edge most folks are not going to understand it.
I also point out that the skeptical people are very important to hang out with. They give you great feedback on your ideas and can show you all the possible pitfalls. You just can't let their negativity effect your motivation to get things done.
Also, nothing great is ever simple... even the simple things are complex in their simplicity.
Thanks for reading it!
best j
Cheers Jason. I don't come off too well in this exchange, but I appreciate the response. Can't say I expected you'd ever see it - guess I should have known better :)
I liked the post - i'm not really disagreeing with what you're saying. It's more that you do make some of this stuff sound very simple, and it irritates me that I don't seem to be able to muster the kind of creativity/confidence required to be the guy with the crazy idea that can't fail.
Thanks for being the only person to comment on my blog in a really long time. Hilarious to me that it finally comes from an A lister - I should throw around names more often..
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