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There were times when you are were excited about a brilliant idea. You thought that it is something that could make tons of money, help thousand of people overcome a particular problem. When you close your eyes and see a big, very big picture that you are the hero, your family and friends would be proud of having a person like you in their life. Then you collected all the available information about the idea, written down a plan, make appointments with your friends to see if anyone share the same idea with you. After all of your endeavor, your project come to an end and faded into the past. Why?
1. Your project is not practical
You may hate this, but it is true. You can yell at me “Duy, there are people making billion of dollar out there, all come with a simple idea”. Well, it is true but what you know is just a few successful stories but not the whole list. If there is a statistic on how many projects get successful out of the total number, I can guarantee that it’s a very small number. And I tell you, it is natural, don’t let this upset you.
How do I know if my project is practical or not? And if an idea is too simple or not worth doing. Yes, those questions are common but I’m not talking that you should do simple things, just keep trying and don’t be disappointed if it is not successful. The most persistent person Thomas Edition has failed 10,000 times before he found away to make the light bulb. We just don’t know unless we try, and keep trying until you find a way, but if it is too hard and you found out that it is not worth trying, then quit.
2. Not enough hard work
“Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration” – Thomas Edition
Your project was great, but it was just an idea. You may have 1000 ideas popped out of your head for a day, but ideas alone are useless. You need to convert them into reality, and that’s the hardest part. You have to put endless efforts into that single idea,overcome people trying to demotivate you, ones don’t believe you just to make your ideas become reality.
We never seen a business become successful overnight, so keep putting all of your sweating into it as you are watering a tree, chances that you will see the flourish.
3. It’s either not planed enough or planed to much.
Over-planned or under-planned projects would have the same sad endings. Everything changes so fast make which is right today become wrong tomorrow. A pessimistic person tends to make the simple seems complicated while optimistic mind tends to overlook at the details and they are both fail.
A project consists of several action steps, don’t try to draw out to many things that unnecessary but also don’t be afraid of failure. Try to tackle one problem at a time and you will see further while keep moving. If it is not as expected, we could make a change.