Trying to Decide - Decide!

Decide. If you're thinking of starting a business, if you've got a great idea, you think you can make something that will change the world, then you need to decide if you're going to do this or not. A lot of entrepreneurs come to me and they're, they're on the fence. You know, you've got what you think is a great idea, but you don't know how to sell it, how to start, how to fund it. All these problems, all these questions come up. All of those things can be solved, but you have to decide that this is for you. 'Cause I can give you practical advice, wisdom, strategies, and you can get it from other places as well, but none of that is gonna help you until you decide that this is for you. Until you make that commitment that you are going to be an entrepreneur and you're gonna find a way to make this work. Too many wannabe entrepreneurs just sit on the fence. You sit on the fence, you don't commit, you don't decide, you don't make this happen. And so people can give you strategies and ideas and motivation, but it doesn't work because you haven't committed to yourself that you're going to make this happen. That's the very first thing you need to do. And once you make that decision, doors will open up and you'll find solutions to the problems. You think you have a lot of problems now? Wait till you get started because you're gonna get hit with a million new problems, and all of those can be solved as well once you decide to take action and commit to being an entrepreneur and make your company work. Here's a quick example that I'm sure you can relate to. Think about the last time you bought a new car or you're renting a car, whatever. You made a decision, "I'm gonna get this car." Have you ever noticed then on the street that there's so many people driving that car? It's not like everybody went out at the same week and bought the same car as you did. They were always there, but now you're noticing it in your environment because you made a decision to buy that car. The same thing happens in your business. Once you decide to be an entrepreneur, you'll notice things in your environment that weren't there before, that you never noticed before, that can help you grow and can help you get to the next step, but you have to make that decision. This is something that I don't have a lot of empathy for. Usually when entrepreneurs write into me, I can tell a story about how I solved that problem. You know, you're talking about struggling, you're talking about getting your first customer, you're talking about raising capital for your business. All of these things I went through. I struggled, I suffered, I was making $300 a month, I didn't know how I was going to survive. But this one, not deciding, I don't have a lot of empathy for because I've never been a dreamer. If I want something, I go out and I start taking action immediately. I don't know what I'm gonna be in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years. If I want something, I don't say, "In 10 years, I'm gonna be this." I go out and do it right now. I find a way, a small way to get started. I don't know how the whole thing's gonna work out, but I find a way to get started and to take action because you can't be a dreamer. You have to be a doer. An example, I wanted to build a house. I wanted to build my dream house. And I didn't know how I was going to afford it, I didn't know what it was going to cost, I didn't know any architects, I didn't know anything about layout, furniture, none of that stuff. I didn't know any of that stuff. But once I made that decision, like, "I want to build a house," it wasn't months of, "I think I should build a house, I wish I built a house, in 10 years here's the house I want to have." I went out and I started doing it. I made an appointment with a real estate agent, started doing tours, found a lot in an area that I liked. I bought it. Then I found the construction company, and I found an architect, and I found designers, and I found everything I needed to build this house. I made it happen. So I'm not a dreamer, and if you want to have success as an entrepreneur, you can't just be a dreamer. You've got to be a doer. You've got to take action on what you want to happen. Now, that's not saying you don't have to have a big vision. I want to help a billion entrepreneurs. That's my vision, that's my goal. And every day I'm taking action to move closer to that goal. That's a big picture thing I want to accomplish. You guys watching this video right now, you're helping me get to my goal. So whatever you have as a goal, your vision, whatever it is, you have to take steps. You gotta commit to it. You gotta say, "This is gonna happen, I'm going to find a way." Until you do that, you're not gonna have success. And all the people who try to help you, their words are going to fall on deaf ears. You may say, "That's a great idea. Yeah, I should really do that. Wow, that's some great advice." You got to take it. You got to take action. You have to do something. You've got to commit to yourself. This is all in response to an email that came in from one of my Facebook fans, Steven. And Steven has this idea for a business selling Christmas cakes from his Nana's great recipe. And he wrote this whole long thing, but the summary is he's got this great recipe, this is Nana's recipe, everybody says you've got this great thing, you should go out and you should make this a business. And he's on the fence. He doesn't know how to fund it, he doesn't know how to get it started, he doesn't know if it should be a seasonal thing or a full-time business, he doesn't know if he can do it while still doing his job, he doesn't know what to do. There's tons of steps that you can do, there's tons of ways to promote this business. You can partner up with different companies. You can make it a seasonal business to start and see if you like it. You can partner up with online websites who have a market that you can tap into. You could partner up with media or bloggers or people who can spread your message. You're talking to me about your favorite Christmas cake and how great this is, how everybody loves it. Send me a cake! Right? Let me try it! Let me tell the world about it! If I love a product, I talk about it. I tell my friends. I make a video about it. So don't just send the message, send the cake, right? This is how you can get out there. But none of this matters, none of these steps matter until you commit to making this happen. You have to decide, "I'm going to be an entrepreneur. I'm going to find a way to make my dream happen." And when you do that, you start finding solutions and you start acting on them. So if you're on the fence right now, I get that it's tough, I get that it's scary, I get that You may not have done this before. You're worried about putting your family at risk. You're worried about putting your job at risk. But if you love this idea, I don't want you to sit around for the next 20 years and wish that you had done something about it. Look back on your life and say, "Wow, that was such a great idea," and you watch other people make tons of money off of it where you could have had that impact. That could have been you. It's hard. It's scary. But if you want this dream to happen. You've got to stop dreaming. You've got to start being a doer, start taking action, and it begins with a simple decision. Decide that you're going to be an entrepreneur. Decide that this dream is going to happen for you and you're going to start today and do something today and do something tomorrow and do something the next day, every day taking small actions to move your business forward. And I'm not saying get off the fence and jump into the deep end. I'm not saying get off the fence and quit your job and go crazy full-time for 3 months and then burn through all your cash and run out and have to go back and get a job. Okay, that's not my message. Get off the fence and start small. That's cool. Keep your job. Start part-time, but you started. You made a decision. Things are happening. Until you decide, until you go from being a wannabe entrepreneur to doing something and being a real entrepreneur, even part-time, but you're an entrepreneur now. Until you make that decision, nothing's going to happen to you. Nothing will happen, and all the advice, wisdom, ideas in the world will not help you until you decide to become an entrepreneur. So make that decision and make it powerfully. Believe. For those of you watching, you like the video, please give it a thumbs up below. It makes me want to do more for you. And let me know what you think. Let me know how you decided to be an entrepreneur. If you have a question for your business, leave it in the comments below. I'd make a video response for you. Thank you so much, and I'll see you soon.