The Magic of Now, not How
The Magic of Now, not How
Let's read on and focus on the fun of getting started even more.
Noah says right at the beginning - ‘Starting? Experimenting? That is a superpower?’
But then explains that people come to him to learn how it is done. But not for the starting, but because they wanted to run successful businesses too.
But whenever they came, the problem mostly was in starting. In not reading more, learning more, in thinking more. But in simply doing. Acting. Taking ddlinerate action.
And so his Motto now is:
NOW, not how
Take action first
Get real feedback
Learn from that
It indeed is a totally different mindset than if you first think, then act and then think again. It often results in a loop of more and more thinking without any action and thus any results in one way or the other.
And he goes on to claim:
You really do not understand something until you’ve done it.
And with that one, I would totally agree. Would you too? Or do you see it differently?
People often tell me, I am the experiential learner - I need to try it to know how it feels and then being able to decide for myself whether I like it or not.
It feels like,maybe this is a superpower to use to overcome the rejection and asking fear 😂
Have you thought about that? About what habit or activity you love to do might benefit you when overcoming a fear that holds you back?
Well, it is thinking again, I just realized that. Better skip that and let’s directly go into action! Shall we?
The Motto of NOW, not how
How easy it is to trap into how. I almost even oberred the NOW several times.
His advice is to always come back to nOW the moment you realize you are thinking.
So lets make sure we use this motto as motto number one for our next activities and days,training our muscles and memory, fear and distraction to always come back to ACTION NOW.
Alternatively you can also say to yourself - I do it NOW, I won’t wait, better do it NOW, I do not need to wait, I can do it NOW, and so on and then simply do it. That way, your head is more clear, calm, relaxed.
And you know what I realized too is that when we first think, our head things that we already have done it and then it is even more difficult to get back to it.
So it is better to just do it in that moment, make a check mark and done 🤩
And with that, it is time for a new challenge.
NOW, not how Challenge
Now it is time for our next challenge and it is to ask one person you respect for a business idea.
“Hey, I am trying to come up with some business ideas right now. You know me well, so i was wondering what kind of business you think I would be good at?”
If you have read my previous articles on this book, then I gave you a sneak peak - I already solved that challenge together with the first one.
I called a friend to get €1 for my entrepreneurial journey and I then also asked her the question above.
And guess what, she gave me a very broad answer. But while we talked more, we ended up with a really good idea that she has out of a frustration in her regular work process working at a financial institution.
She told me how complicated, uneasy, and time-consuming the process is and while we talked, I not only learned more about her work, but also about a process I never thought of, the issues with that one and the market potential of a potential solution fixing that given how many people habe to do these processes regularly.
Solving that challenge would be a life-changer for them. Will it be a solution I kind provide? I don’t know yet, and is there more than one company having the problem, I also don’t know yet and will the revenue be more than the costs? I also don’t know yet. But it is one very liable business idea that I may soon share more about depending on the further activities in the book to be followed. 😂
But for now, I can proudly say:
Challenge No. 2 - The NOW, not how Challenge is successfully completed.
And it is time to move on.
But before we do so, one question: have you asked a friend about a business idea you should pursue? 😎