I’ve been trying multiple times to start a project, to end up soon later.

Before, I would stay on it for an hour before giving up. Then the next time, it was a few hours, then a day, two days, a week…

There’s a project however that I kept in my mind, for the last 5 years : Trying to become better, and to find my way in life. Or should I say make my way in life ?

It involved reading, journaling, meditating, exercising… But when I got to work on a concrete project, meaning trying to develop a business from the ground up, I would always end up giving up very quickly.

Probably because I did not get the expected results as fast as I though I would.

I think the killer is usually a question like this :

Is this really the one thing that’s going to work?

An other classical one is

Is this really for me? Do I want to keep doing this?

And yes, those are exactly the questions you’re taught not to ask yourself, and to just keep going…

But everyone starts by asking why they’re in this world. I know that’s where I started.

And I’m probably still a big part there.

But I’m starting to move on, to get down to other projects. Even as I’m blind on whether it’s going to work or not.

And it feels so scary.

I guess scary is nice, for getting out of your comfort zone and all this kind of stuff… No really, it’s good for that, and you should do it.

But being scared is freaking scary ! (No kidding ?!?)

I mean, I may not be the bravest, that’s for sure, but man is it hard to think to yourself that you could spend all of this time working for nothing.

Well sure, you’ll learn something doing so, but WHAT IF YOU DON’T ?!?

Ok, let’s not get too excited.

But seriously, I get it that you should be bold, and stop being a “wantrepreneur” (which I guess I would qualify for, right now), but as long as you have not done it once, and even then, I think you’re going to be frightened to death.

You’re gonna be thinking

What if I lose all my money?

What if I have to work 90 hours a week ? (which you probably want to become an entrepreneur to not do that)

What if I get laughed at ? (“So what ?” you could say, but just just the idea of it…)

What if people hate me (From what I heard, tip : Some will)

What if I cannot manage it ?

What if I quit my job and then it sinks ?

What if I don’t end up learning anything ?

Wht if I can get any clients ?

…

And a thousand other questions.

I do, without realising it, ask myself those same questions.

But I try not to. In fact, I am just thinking of a technique I learned from, I think, Tim Ferris.

Every time such a question comes up, note it. Best would be to write it down. Then, find a counter-argument to the question itself.

For example,

“What if I don’t end up learning anything?”

will become

“You will learn, and if you don’t, it means you haven’t worked at all, so your time was not lost”.

Or even simpler, you could just stare at the question and say :

So What ?

Make it so that you get the question, understand why you’re asking it, then move on.

Maybe it will take you 6 month to even get to a point you feel a bit more comfortable doing this. Or a year.

Or maybe 1 day.

Maybe you’ll do as I did and start thinking about entrepreneurship for 3 years before even considering it interesting. Then spend an other 2 years not doing anything because you think you’re not ready. Then start being so obsessed about it that it become all you think of.

Of course, the sooner you start, the better.

But if you need more time, that’s ok.

However, if during that time you do not keep on learning, and trying new things, even very small, and trying to change your mental state, then it is actually wasted time.

I’m not saying do this 24/7. But start small, even 10 seconds a day. As long as you keep at it, it’s going to make a difference in your life.

Maybe it won’t make a difference today, or tomorrow…

But what about 6 months from now? A year? 5 years ? 10 years?

Even if you come back after work and just wan to relax, just try 10 seconds.

Some days, you’ll be a bit more into it, and get to work for a few minutes, or an hour, but don’t use that as your baseline.

Keep on the 10 seconds limit. Every single day.

Until you feel ready to do more