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

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

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

In reality, patterning yourself after people who have already blazed a trail to where you want to be, is the quickest approach to get there (if you don’t have the traction to do it on your own). Success leaves clues, and if can be done once, it can be done again. Perhaps not in exactly the same space or same manner; in other words, not a mirroring of a prior business, but use that same type of approach, talk like they talk, walk like they walk, same language, same physiology, same mindset, etc…. and you will start to be perceived in the same fashion.

Now that of course doesn’t work if you are currently a minimum wager mirroring Bill Gates [too big of a jump], but in taking incremental steps along the way, it’s certainly possible to achieve major results. Patterning yourself after ACHIEVABLE goals, and getter bigger and better each time can definitely be done.

Tiny changes each day, and a year down the road you’re light years from where you would have been if you did nothing.

Most importantly, don’t try to pitch to your friends and family (starting out) because they see you as they’ve always known you, not as who you want to be. So it makes it more difficult to gain traction and if you’re not strong enough in your resolve, you can talk yourself out of things. In many cases they will ultimately hold you back; not because they don’t want you to succeed, but because they don’t want to be left behind.

So walk, jog, run, skip, trip or whatever is necessary to keep moving forward and don’t stop. It’s much easier to keep a boulder moving than it is to start it back up again.

Regards,

Christopher Rees
President,
Palaestra Training
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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?

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

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.

I think a lot of it is instict. Learn to trust your instinct, and it can take you a long way. Know when it is time to run, and when it’s time to walk, if ever.