Our main mistake is that when we have ideas that inspire us, we wait for our minds to clearly define what we want. And we do nothing. The key in this process, when we get an idea that inspires us, is that it doesn’t matter how well-formed it is in our minds — we must take action. It’s not about thinking how to begin acting — it’s about taking concrete steps. Guaranteed, some steps will be wrong and lead us off-course, but that’s normal in such processes. We must move forward — if we find we’re going in the wrong direction, we can always turn around and head elsewhere.
So it doesn’t even matter whether we clearly know what we really want or not. When we get an idea, we always have an internal push to act — it’s always clear what the first step should be. The first step will lead to the second, the second to the third — and so on. Many people sit and don’t know exactly what they want, thinking they will start once they understand why they are doing it and how to do it — and they waste time doing nothing. But we need to act, even if it’s unclear whether it’s the right thing.
Act — right now!