Planning Paralysis

"To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time." - Leonard Bernstein

I love this quote. It inspires me to get off my butt and make things happen. There is never enough time to plan every detail perfectly, and if you try, you end up digging yourself into a rut. You never go anywhere because you become paralyzed by the plan.

You can't let fear of failure stop you from taking the leap (into whatever vast tub of craziness you are contemplating at that moment). I expect that you've given your idea a reasonable amount of thought (and by "reasonable" I mean using common sense- plotting world domination takes a bit more time than picking out new linens for the guest bedroom.) If you wait too long to execute, you may either a) lose momentum, or worse, b) lose the originality of the idea to someone else who came along and was willing to take the risk.

And just in case you need an extra dose of "get your mojo on" juice, check out How to Blog Like Rambo by Dan Martell. Granted Dan is talking to bloggers here, but the principles apply to anyone who wants to be the best and get noticed for what they do.

Now that we are sufficiently psyched up- what are you going to do? Plan your work, or work your plan? Mark me down for "wild success" or "failing spectacularly"- it'll be one or the other, but any movement forward is progress.