Derek Cole argues that fear of judgment stops people from pursuing ideas they know they can do. He launched Ask Derek Cole to early mockery, but kept going, and the audience eventually came around. Execution beats perfection.
You know, I'm thinking about what's holding people back and why they're not doing the things that they know they want to do and they can do. And it's because I think it's mainly because they're scared of what people think. They're scared of what people think, and they're scared of being made fun of. And they're worried about what the wife says, what the husband says, what the dad or mom say. If they're not doing it. You know, with the Ask Derrick Cole Show, 2 years ago, like I said in episode 18, it was, you know, when I went to a conference, it was almost a joke about, I mean, people making fun of this how-to show that we're actually doing it. So it was people telling me to my face, hey, it's a good idea, and then by my back saying, you know, what is he doing? It's kind of a joke. No one wants to see that. About heating and air. And then the last meeting last month, you go in front of people and they say, man, it's a great success. I see what you're doing. I love what you're doing. I wish we could do it. How are you doing it? It's amazing the shift within a couple years. And if I listened to what people thought about it before I did it, it would've never happened because it's stupid. No one wants to see it. It's a waste of time. No one's watching. These little videos make no sense. What are you doing? If I sat there and listened to it, then it would never get done. And it's kind of the same way with this vlog. Same things being said about this, you know, what are you doing? It's a waste of time. Stupid. No one wants to see you going to meetings or talking to a camera about what's going on in your life. Again, if I listened to them, it would never happen. I mean, it's kind of about depth, not width. But, you know, it's not 100 or 1,000 people watching it every single time. And one way to lose every time is to not do it, not execute, just sitting there thinking about it. Hey, I had that idea for Facebook before Facebook. Well, we all did, but Zuckerberg actually executed against it, so he won. And that's really the point, you know. If you care about what people are saying, you're never going to start. And the problem with most people is they're not starting because they're scared. They want to hold the camera, they want to do this, I gotta have this perfect, gotta have this, I gotta do— No, you don't have to be perfect. Just take the camera, take the phone like this, hold it to you, start telling the world what's going on.
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