Comments on: Ask the readers: Do you need to walk before you run?

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:09:38 +0000

Definitely, you should always tread carefully into new territory.

By: wobenzym

wobenzym — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:22:54 +0000

Hello Neil ,

Your this formula is true that walk is very necessary before run , Because it very necessary that you should know the loop pools of any bussiness because going in the same.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:12:58 +0000

I agree with that completely

By: Inner Game

Inner Game — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:15:26 +0000

in my opinion walk before running is overrated, if someone tells me that i just quote alfred, “why do we fall? so we can learn to pick ourselves up again”

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:56:29 +0000

No offense at all, I appreciate your input. For some it just depends on the different scenarios that you come across.

By: Cathy Young

Cathy Young — Sun, 09 May 2010 05:34:53 +0000

well, yr idea of running is ok, but I think learning to walk before u really do something is rather necessary, and u said u lost a lot of money at the beginning, I think it’s actually already been a part of yr walking process, it;s just u didn’t realize it. hope no offense~~

By: Yang Jie

Yang Jie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:36:40 +0000

I am a chinese student. I’ m going to give a speech titled “walk before you run”, and now, when i’m searching on the internet and reading this article, I GET quite confused and don’t know what i should talk about…

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:32:46 +0000

Yea. I need to redesign this blog to include a lot of those things. Hopefully it will be done in the next 30 days.

By: Cananito

Cananito — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:11:11 +0000

I’ll try to do that, btw, I’ve been reading lot’s of your posts, your blog is great, keep it up! Just one thing, wouldn’t a blog archive be a good idea?

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:58:57 +0000

Going to networking events in another place that will help you run faster.

By: Cananito

Cananito — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:21:48 +0000

I want to start running, I just can’t find where to run… I guess having a blog is a start, I recently bought a domain, got a wordpress theme, now just need to get hosting.. wich I’m saving for right now.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:31:54 +0000

You need to run. It seems like you are walking a bit too slow right now. Run and your income will increase faster.

By: AJ Kumar

AJ Kumar — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:49:58 +0000

That makes sense…I think I’m at that stage where I should be doing walking, even though I’m a guy that likes to RUN Maybe I will meet in the middle and do a fast walk

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:24:21 +0000

Yep, it is a learning process. I like to keep on running and if I fall, I just get back up and start running again.

By: LotusJump

LotusJump — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:53:59 +0000

I agree with Joe – I don’t see much value in walking, just running as hard as you can as long as you can. Inevitably you will have a few missteps along the way, but that’s kind of all part of the fun of owning a business, right?

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:48:05 +0000

I am with you on this one. I am a strong believer in running and never stopping, but this has also caused me to lose a lot of money.

By: Joe TR

Joe TR — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:23:35 +0000

I think sometimes you need to run and fall to run faster then fall again then go back to start and run even faster. Be prudent and you’ll eventually get there, be a little reckless and you’ll get further.

By: oneheart

oneheart — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:18:38 +0000

I guess it depends on whom that person is.

There is a group of people whom appreciate building their foundation stronger, and enjoy the process of learning itself, hence they may opt for learning to walk before they run.

There is another group of people whom appreciate results, the thrill and satisfaction of risk-taking, and may opt to run before they walk.

Qns is- which group of people do you belong to?

- oneheart

By: Clear Ice

Clear Ice — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:54:45 +0000

I’m one of those… walkers. In fact, I take tiny wee steps, then crawl, and finally walk before running and jogging. And to be honest, it is not working so well.

I do get jealous of those around me who seem to get everything going on for them- even before they know what the hell they’re getting themselves into!

But, people like these, who plunge into the work they decide, “Ok. I’ll take this on, no matter what!” are absolutely the kind of people who learn the fastest, and grow the biggest, and get the biggest treats, and all the proper acknowledgements- and me- the ever cautious one, will end up trailing in their dust.

So, I respect those who run before you walk. It’ll take some time before I can catch up with them!

The whole world is moving so fast, there’s hardly any time to walk anymore.

I love the posts here. Jogging seems like a good idea.

-clearice

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:08:02 +0000

You make a valid point when it comes to the size of a jump. If you are making minimum wage and you want to be Bill Gates, it does not matter if you walk or run. Either way you probably will not get there.

So before you decide to walk jog, or even run, you probably need to make sure your goal is realistic.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:47:57 +0000

I try to minimize risk as much as possible, but the investments I usually do have high risk. I go after the high risk investments because I like the high return. This causes me to lose more money, but at the same time it allows me to make more.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:38:26 +0000

It matters because one gets you to your goal at a different pace. If you walk when you should be running you could lose out on opportunities (and vice versa).

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:37:10 +0000

I just ordered new ones this week. This time I got an anti glare coating so I won’t get those sparkles.

By: CatherineL

CatherineL — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:13:36 +0000

I see. So you are busy then. It sounds like your biggest risk is losing that money then.

I think only you can make that decision Neil. You have to work out whether the potential upside is worth risking losing the money.

Is there a way you can minimise the risk – eg – do you need to put all the money in upfront? Or is there a way that you can test the viability of the venture first on a smaller scale?

By: Runal

Runal — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:23:06 +0000

I beg to differ – if you walk your “destiny” will turn out the way that road leads – if you run, it will turn out completely different – you have a choice whether to walk or run so ur destiny isn’t pre-determined, it is decided by your actions.

By: Maithri

Maithri — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:14:09 +0000

Hi Neil,

You walk or run, whatever, you do, everything is destined. How does it matters if you run or walk?

By: L.E.

L.E. — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:19:20 +0000

Hey Neil, if you teach branding, watch your image. You have flash marks on your eyeglasses!

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:35:20 +0000

A lot is instinct, but you have to learn to train your instinct. Before my instinct used to lose me a lot of money, but over the years it has learned through my mistakes and does much better now.

By: michael brito

michael brito — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:09:11 +0000

ahh fuck it. sink or swim, thats my philosophy.

By: Hustle Strategy

Hustle Strategy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:14:27 +0000

A few things.

You generally avoid analysis paralysis when you jump into thing.

You also do not talk yourself down.

One of the biggest problems a lot of people have is starting, this gets you past that.

Once you have started you have the ability to progress and continue. Success usually will snowball. You also begin to see other opportunities once you have started. That is where I feel your real success lies.