Let’s be real about this. How many more books are you going to read on a subject you are interested in before you act. 1 more book? 10 more books? 20 more books? What, exactly, are you afraid of? I am sure that you have all the information you need to, at the least, take the first step. There is a point where research becomes counter-productive. Reading and taking in information becomes the job and the execution ends up on the back burner. People tend to get all hyped up about the books they are reading, the podcast they are listening to, and the videos they watch. Like the very act of learning about something is an actual accomplishment (It’s Not). What is the fucking point of learning about something that you will never put into action? Remember potential energy and kinetic energy. Potential energy is stored energy due to its position or configuration. Kinetic energy is the energy a body possess by being in motion. Knowledge of a subject is potential energy. The actions taken with that knowledge is kinetic energy. Kinetic energy moves, Kinetic energy gets shit done. You should aspire to move from potential energy to kinetic energy as soon as you can.
Knowing can’t be that Bad
Having only knowledge may be good for a gameshow but in the real world it is useless. Furthermore, knowledge without experience can be detrimental. If you read 100 books on boxing but have never practiced a punch you will get your ass kicked 10 times out of 10. Getting a base level of knowledge is recommend but the buck doesn’t stop there. You must be willing to put your knowledge to practice getting a deeper understanding. Would you let a surgeon operate on you that has only read about surgery? Maybe if he was the last surgeon on earth. Everyone asks the same question to a surgeon. Have you ever done this before? What if he says, “well, sir, I have read about it but I have never attempted it.” You would run the fuck out of there if you could. If the highest degree of professionals should put there knowledge to work so should you.
PUT THE FUCKING BOOK DOWN
At some point you will have to put the fucking book down, turn of the videos, and shut down the podcast. You are only hurting yourself by over analyzing something that you can put into practice. Reading about the goal you want to accomplish or the goal you want to try just makes you busy. Reading and studying will never accomplish anything but expanding your “titles completed” list.
Here are my suggestions: Read and listen to podcast to get a baseline knowledge. When you are ready or not ready take an action. List what you did wrong and what you did right. Talk to a coach or mentor to see if you can make any adjustments. After all that, try again.
Do NOT be so afraid to fail that you will never try. Get out of the mindset that you must learn one more thing before you are ready. Get into the mindset of learning, doing, failing/succeeding and repeat. You will accomplish a lot more and be way more satisfied with you life if you take more actions. Make sure you take actions that will propel you to your goals and the life that you envision. YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Stop bullshitting and overthinking. You will learn more from taking actions than a book will ever teach.
See you next week hustlas’
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