What Are You Waiting For?

Every day I talk to people who are either interested in joining me in business or in doing their own thing. But they're waiting, waiting to start because the timing isn't right. It's the beginning of the school year, or the holidays are coming, or winter is hard with the weather, or spring is when they want to get outside, or summer is when the kids are home and they have vacations scheduled. Or they're waiting because they don't have enough money. They have bills coming due or the holidays are coming or there are medical bills or college expenses. They're waiting because they don't know enough people so they want to start building their network. They're waiting because they want to make sure that when they do their business that they are in it 100% and do great.

Do any of these sound familiar? Because if they do, do you think that the stars will ever
align all in your favor? Life doesn't work that way. There are always obstacles, and the reason you are waiting for the perfect time is because you're scared and you're giving yourself excuses. Plain and simple - you are giving yourself an out. Think about it. If your child came to you with a similar amount of reasons on why they couldn't clean their room or do their homework, you'd tell them that they were just making up excuses and to go and do the work. The amount of time that they spend creating their excuses could be time well spent in finishing what they need to do.

So what it boils down to is to figure out what you are afraid of. Here's an earlier blog I did on fear that may help enlighten you if you're worried about judgement of your network. If you're worried about the finances, remember that most entrepreneurs do not hop all in and leave their day job. Most of us start around our busy life and full- or part-time job so that our future selves won't have to work those crazy hours. If you're worried that you're not going to be good enough, remember that you were awful when you learned to walk, when you learned to talk, when you learned to read, when you learned to ride a bike, when you learned to write - I could go on. The only way you got better was by failing forward. Falling down when you walked, falling off your bike, misspelling words, misreading words. And you kept on trying. The same goes for entrepreneurship, so stop telling yourself you have to know everything and do everything perfectly before you start.

As the incredibly inspirational Les Brown says, "You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great." So ask yourself, what are you waiting for? And then start and #doitscared.