“Whatever it is you think you’re preparing for, stop preparing. Start doing and correct course along the way.” – Derek Magill
The power of doing is far stronger than preparation. A little over a week ago I was sick of my situation and decided I wanted more out of myself. That’s when I started blogging, setting goals, developing unique insights, and creating a “doing” mentality.
The past week has opened my eyes to the lessons I was already learning, but was too bogged down in preparing. It took me “doing” to open my mind.
Dan Sullivan’s Four C’s:
Commitments, Courage, Capability, and Confidence. The basic idea is if you commit yourself to a challenge and have the courage to go after the challenge the capabilities to achieve the challenge will come. Once you’ve tackled the prior three C’s you’ll then have the confidence to control your new found product.
It’s a simple concept and at the core of us all, it’s how we’ve evolved. The idea of creation opens us to knew ideas, possibilities, capabilities and a higher level of understanding. We will never be fully prepared but if we show commitment and courage to try and make a difference our capabilities and confidence will follow.
Creation also breeds happiness. We were built to think, discover, try new things, fail, and move forward from failure.
From Self Control or State Control:
Taking responsibility for ourselves brings meaning to our lives. Moreover, productive work is essential to human happiness. Work gives our lives meaning, not just because we bring home a paycheck, but because we take responsibility for ourselves and get to experience the joys that work—even hard work—brings.
Preparation is the opposite of the entrepreneurial mindset. Preparation is waiting for the perfect moment to arrive. Guess what, the perfect moment never arrives. The stars don’t align. You won’t be “found” because you think someone will find you. If you commit and create, the possibilities will follow, happiness will follow. And it all starts with doing.