The Beginning
by admin on Aug.08, 2009, under Entrepreneur
The greatest distance any entrepreneur covers is the distance between an idea to its implementation. That is where we all fail, isnt it?
So now the question is, How do we cover this distance? How do we figure out a way to see if an idea works by practically putting it to test?I have been one of the guys who has been on the look out for fresh and new “world-changing” ideas since the time I can remember. I am not kidding. I have been thinking of “new-ways-to-do-things” since I was in school. Through my own personal experience I have found that , I am pretty good at generating ideas but when it comes to implementing them my score drops down to almost zero.
I agree putting some idea into action is extremely hard. There are various barriers that need to be cleared before doing so and only when we clear all these barriers will we be able to see the idea in action. But there are a few barriers which are easily surmountable.
Here is a list.
1. Knowledge.
This was ( and sometimes still is!! ) one of the primary causitive agents which decides whether an idea goes to fruitition or not. Mostly around 99% of my ideas have gone down the drains because of this sole reason. I want to build a website but I dont know any languages to write them in. I dont know html. I want to write a novel but I dont know how to start.
2. Time.
I believe this to be one of the biggest culprits. As steve graham said in his essay the number one culprit is to procrastinate saying Im doing something really important right now, so I am not able to assign time to this. Your current life is your biggest enemy to a better life. Pay packet is pretty nice working for a big firm, so we tend to settle down there. Since those people pay you that much, obviously, they will get your moneys worth out of you.
3. Success-o-phobia.
Yeah!! I know!! You wont believe it. But I have found this. A lot of us probably have this. What if I succeed is sometimes more scary than what if I fail! Dive deep into yourself and maybe you will find the answers.
We are, as a species, attuned to a shock-free, stress-free life. Anything otherwise, anything out of normal and we try to run away from it. Even electricity tries to choose the least resistant path. Then how can we spare humans? Impending success is also a greatly stressful situation ( but better than impending failure ) .
4.Motivation.
You always need someone pushing you to do stuff. Your manager pushes you to get your project out before the deadline, his manager pushes him. But in this segment there is no push from anyone outside. Whatever is necessary to keep you on the path should come from within. A better alternative is to find some like minded individual and hop on in the ride. Its something like car-pooling. But when you find someone all our efforts need to be doubled, rather than halved. You need to push a vehicle that has two passengers now instead of one. Its a risky alternative with equal amounts of advantages and disadvantages.
5. Money.
Money is something that I dont need to talk about at all. Everyone knows it. Everyone in the world is not working on an idea because they dont want to lose money. As simple as that. But there are a few ideas that need more money than you can afford. How do we deal with those issues? How do we deal with those ideas?
I know I have been throwing up a lot of queries. But in this journey I wish to answer them. I started this quest, this challenge to get over them and share the learnings with others. I know a lot of the successful people have done that. But where they stand and speak is something different from where you and I stand. So this is a different perspective to the whole idea called success. We have heard people talking about success from the point where they have already reached it. Lets talk about success from the point where it is a dream.
That is why this page is called the Next Big Thing, because that is exactly what every wannabe-entrepreneur is after.
August 8th, 2009 on 9:49 pm
On the right path. First biggest thing is identification of barriers, the type you have mentioned. There are more of these and the entrepreneurial journey is all about identifying those and finding a solution for each.
August 11th, 2009 on 11:52 am
Thanks mate
October 9th, 2009 on 6:36 am
Good one! looking forward for more writings on this page.