This is the second in a series of two articles; the first challenges you to reconsider the popular slogan and philosophy, which simplistically states "just do it". This article illustrates with practical examples why "Just doing it", may not be such a good idea, particularly when it comes to starting an online business from home.
Think first then do: Shooting
Let me share with you how I learnt this lesson. I had the privilege in the Army of being instructed by the World Pistol Shooting Champion. He told us a story that I have not forgotten, it went something like this. There was a contact made with the enemy. Terrorist insurgents were surprised by a platoon of soldiers patrolling through the bush. The terrorists ran away, down a fire-break (an open strip of land used to prevent fires from spreading), which happened to be nearby. Several soldiers in pursuit ran after them shooting as they ran (they acted before thinking). One soldier (who thought before acting), ran across the clearing to the other side to avoid shooting his own men. He knelt down, steadied his rifle on his knee, took aim and fired 5 times. The result was that 5 Terrorists were killed, 4 by this soldier and one by all the others.
Think first then do: Painting
Another anecdote from a very different context illustrates the same point. A great artist was commissioned many months in advance to paint a mural on a national monument that was required for the opening ceremony on a particular date. Just weeks before the deadline, nothing appeared to have been done. When challenged about this, the artist was unperturbed, saying that 90% of the work was in the planning and had been done in his mind, actually applying the paint was the simple part that could easily be performed in a matter of days.
Think first then do: Business
In the business context, one of the all time best sellers of business literature is a book by a man called Napoleon Hill. It is called Think and Grow Rich and was first published in 1937. The title pretty much reveals the content; i.e. use your brain, if you want to become rich! Besides those that have won lotteries etc. most wealthy people can testify to having used their brains or at least having had good ideas that they then proceeded to put into action.
Think first then do: Internet Entrepreneur
You want to earn money, right? Well before you rush off hastily after the best idea that you can find, why not pause and first consider an important issue that will affect how you intend to earn money for the rest of your life. "No time", you say. Well if you don't have time to think before you 'act', you are likely to waste a lot of time acting when you could have avoided it by thinking first. If you narrow the range of what you are looking for by thinking first, then you will not waste time finding opportunities you later change your mind about (because you did not think enough before you began). You could have used that time far more effectively to make more money in less time. As we have seen, this is true in many areas of life.
When you have no time to think
There may be exceptional times when one really does not have time to think, in such instances, one can only be guided by one's instincts, however one's instincts will already have been honed by one's character and past behaviour. Just don't make the exception, the rule.
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