I remember going to a seminar many years ago. The speaker there, though he turned out to be a major con artist, spoke very well. He talked about why people fail with their business. He told a story that I’m going to share with you today. While the guy was as crooked as the day is long, he did make some good points. Too bad he couldn’t use his smarts for something honest. Anyway, here is the story. I hope you like it.

Joe went to his friend Bob and told Bob that he was having problems with his home business. So Bob asked him what he had done so far in an attempt to get Joe some help. He first asked Joe if he had created a business plan. Joe had no idea what that was. All he knew was that he wanted to create some product to sell. So Bob asked him what he thought of selling. Joe had an idea for some book on gardening. Bob asked him if he had started writing the book yet. Joe said he hadn’t. The questions kept coming. Eventually, Bob realized that Joe hadn’t done anything at all with his business.

I’ll stop the story there. I think you can see where this is going. See, Joe had a lot of ideas. Some of them were very good ideas. But Joe didn’t know how to implement them. So Joe did nothing. He just kept on thinking about all these things that he wanted to do without taking any action whatsoever. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not suggesting that you blindly jump into something. You definitely want to do your research to make sure that what you’re planning to do makes sense. But eventually, you need to get off the pot and do something. It isn’t just going to happen.

But why do people fall into this trap? Why so many ideas and nothing to show for them? It comes down to one thing…fear of failure. And it’s that very fear that causes the failure. It’s kind of ironic, don’t you think? The main reason people fail is because they’re too afraid to do something in the fear that they’ll end up falling on their face.

Well, here is my simple solution to that problem. It’s called logic. Yes, you may try and fail. But if you do nothing then you will definitely fail. So what have you got to lose by trying? At least that is the way I look at it.

So don’t let that fear hold you back. Get out there and do something…anything.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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