Feras Alhlou talks to someone stuck on a business idea. He uses his experience teaching Aikido to show how hard things get easier with practice, and suggests starting with small, low-risk steps instead of waiting to feel ready.
Hey, Feras, I have this great business idea, but I just can't seem to overcome procrastination.
I think most of us don't want to take on things that are really hard for us to do because they're difficult. It's hard. But you know what? They stay hard until we do them, until we do the reps, and then they become easy. So I'm an assistant instructor in Aikido, and I'm teaching youth how to roll. It's very difficult for most of them, and after a week or 2 or 3, once they do it step by step, they end up rolling very smoothly and it looks beautiful. Now, I remind them that they were able to overcome that challenge by just doing the reps, by slowly, slowly overcoming the fear and taking one step. Maybe start low and roll on the mat and then do it while you're half standing and then do it while you're standing. Same thing in business. You can take smaller steps. You can take smaller risks. You can take— start maybe a small project instead of starting a new business. Do a small side hustle initially, get to know about marketing and sales, and then gradually build this into a business.
