Tried it. Got stuck. Been stuck for a long time. I could tell you how long I’ve been stuck, but it’s pretty embarrassing to respond with 2 years, 2 months, and 11 days. Some un-stucking is in order.
A while back (somewhere in that 2 years, 2 months, and 11 days range), I picked up a copy of Guy Kawasaki’s The Art of the Start. I read it, re-read it, recommended it to a friend, and then put it on my office bookshelf. I refer to it every now and again — particularly to the chapter entitled “The Art of Pitching” as I think it’s excellent counsel. That, however, is another post. Today I pulled it off the shelf, thumbed to “The Art of Starting,” and started reading. It was all of 30 seconds before the following jumped out at me:
The hardest thing about getting started is getting started … Don’t worry about being embarrassed. Don’t wait to develop the perfect product or service. Good enough is good enough. There will be plenty of time for refinement later. It’s not how great you start — it’s how great you end up.
Here’s to getting un-stuck.
