The Best Time to Start is Yesterday

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The only time to start something is now.  Actually, the best time, was probably yesterday.  So, start yesterday.  If you wait until today, well, you’re probably too late.  And you’re definitely too late if you wait until tomorrow.

Have you ever had a good idea?

Of course you have. Everyone has. You see things all the time and say to yourself, “hey, I had that idea years ago.”

Ok, so you had that idea. Good for you.  You maybe even had it before that other person.  So what.  They moved on the idea first.  They acted first.  Maybe you had the idea first, but no one pays the person who had the idea first.  They pay for the person who actually has something tangible.  Some people get recognized for their ideas, but that’s about it.  The person who took their idea to market and did something with, those are the people get the real rewards.

So what if you would have acted first?

Maybe you’d have a million dollars.  Maybe you’d have the book deal.  Maybe you’d have people calling everyday for interviews.  Maybe you’d be the one starting a charity.  Maybe you’d be the one offering advice to others.  Maybe you’d be out of debt.

The only difference between the people that sit back and say they had an idea and the people acting on the idea, is starting.  Even if you start, you’re not guaranteed to be the first.  Alexander Graham Bell wasn’t the only one to have the idea for the telephone.  He was just the first to the patent office.  If he had waited one more day, he wouldn’t be famous.

All of the what-ifs are entirely possible.

As long as the starting is inevitable.

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