What is the next step?
Do you get that feeling?
That feeling where the task, project, or dream you have feels like it’s too big?
You feel overwhelmed.
You begin to plan on getting your task done; you find that it’s bigger and bigger.
Instead of this idea you have bettering your life, you look at it as a burden.
At that point, you put it away. After a few days, months, or years you pick it up and do it again.
We all go through it.
There is a small phrase that can short-circuit this script.
It gets you out of your head and gets something into the world.
That phrase is “start small,” and it’s the theme for this month.
This month’s theme ties into execution
At the end of last year, I wrote a post that resulted in my picking four themes for 2016. They are the guiding light (strategic) for my ideas. Each month on this blog, I break things down into the practical (tactical). This year I want to tie them together, so each month, I have to write the reason they connect.
Over two months we discussed communicating and saying no. Those are foundations to put in place. Now it is time to get a little more reckless and start stuff.
Reread candidate
What To Do When It’s Your Turn by Seth Godin– This book is fantastic in getting someone from “zero to one.” My hope is that we’re all doing that this month.
Assumptions
- The more experiments are, the better.
- Our emotions stop us from starting more than anything else.
- A lot of experiments are free; our mind tricks us into thinking otherwise.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 