Stone Shi
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Take Action, Feel Better, and Overcome the Fear
With little or no experience of a situation deciding the right time and what action to take can be challenging.
I ask myself some of the following questions.
- Do I have enough information.
- Have I thought about this enough.
- When is the right time to take action.
- Will I be able to overcome any negativity from the mistakes.
- etc.
However waiting to perfect has its drawbacks too.
- I remain where I am.
- I don’t learn anything .
- I have peers and colleagues that are expecting, waiting and anticipating.
- I get frustrated because nothing has been produced.
The benefits of taking action no matter how shaky or problematic it is or may seem at the time are.
- I feel better.
- I get feedback.
- I can plan what to do next.
I took action and feel better, and overcame the fear.
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Marketing, Effort & Success
The marketing presentation I attended yesterday was very interesting. The attendees ranged from one person operations to large multinationals. The presenters represented the digital marketing industry.
I left with the following thoughts:
- Marketing can be expensive or it can be cheap.
- The more you understand and learn to do as a startup the better.
- You have to find out what will work for you at the time.
- There are definitely no guarantees on success.
The tools exist to get you a long way to getting your product or service out to the market. For example, yesterday my podcast was added to iTunes and today I installed my newsletter sign up on the website: You can see it on the right or below depending on the size of the device you are using. It is the basic functioning version. I took a quick look into the settings and it can be improved on.
It does take a bit of effort but in the end it is worth it.
