You know that I’m all about action.
My book, I’d Rather Be in the Studio, is broken up into actions rather than chapters.
While I’m a champion of moving forward, I also slow down to read, research, and learn, which is crucial because my superpower is teaching.
While I could easily bliss out on months of research, the fact is, at some point (not too late in the process), the learning phase must make room for the action phase. No matter how much you research, it doesn’t do you any good until you put that knowledge to work.
I think we stay in information-gathering mode rather than taking action for one of two reasons:
1. We’re afraid to make a mistake (failing), or …
2. We don’t have enough fire in the belly to get moving. We aren’t hungry enough.
Let’s look at these separately and try to move past them.
Embrace Mistakes
You can’t learn simply by reading books and taking classes. The ultimate test of your knowledge comes when you implement.
The only way to grow is to take what you’ve read/heard/seen and put it into action. When you do this, you find out how it applies to your specific situation.
Yes, you’re going to make mistakes. A lot of them. Mistake-making is part of the process.
But you won’t fail. You’ll only fail if