The Hardest Part is Getting Started

A few years ago I was fortunate enough to work for a guy who had some of the most diverse experience I have ever seen. His working world took him to the UK, Australia and Hong Kong to name a few. He had been a professor at a college and a VP and a major Fortune 50 company in addition to nearly everything you could think of in-between.

He had this fantastic world view that I had not encountered, entrenched in beliefs that were created by real experiences. He relayed those in great stories and one-liners. I soaked up the knowledge as much as I could, we developed a friendship. I consider him a mentor, I look to him for advice and even if he is not directly giving me direction, the experience I had with him then I still pull from to this day.

"The hardest part is getting started", he would resound. I always took it literally, however another implication was highlighted this week as I am trying to decide on a name for a new business I am starting.

Sometimes we can make things too difficult, we can get stuck on the nuances of business instead of actually doing (starting) business. The "hardest part", is actually getting outside, making a call, launching the site (even if its not perfect), going to that meeting or any other manner of action. Once you are in motion its much easier to course correct, but sometimes we can get stuck parked and planning for far too long.

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