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🟢 𝟭. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 "𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀" 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁

- "Just start" has been the most powerful phrase of my career
- analysis paralysis used to destroy me
- if you knew everything you'd already have an awesome business

🟢 𝟮. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

- I personally need skin in the game to stay motivated
- I also find you just can't assume everything is free
- btw, I'm talking under $250 total (website, software, etc.)

🟢 𝟯. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 $𝟭

- I need to put in enough effort to at least create one sale
- a real sale, btw, not me asking a friend

🟢 𝟰. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱

- did I enjoy the process?
- did I make the sale in a reasonable timeframe?

If so I'll keep going (and reassess again)

- if it sucked I'll just kill it
- delete the accounts, the assets, etc.
- just cut my losses & move on

🟢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴?

- no matter what happens I learned a ton
- it cost me a little time and money (but what doesn't)
- I'm not scared to try again next time
- 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹

🟢 ↑ 𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟭.

—Chris

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