Take the Jump, Startup!
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
- Mark Twain
You have limited time. Don’t waste it contemplating when to start, or how to go about it, or whether it’s feasible. Go on faith.
Take the jump.
Don’t be restrained. Shed your inhibitions. And take that leap. Wherever those experiences take you and whatever that makes you in the process, you are that person. In that decision you make, your better self is waiting to be unleashed.
That idea you harbor and dream about every night. There is no ‘right’ time to take the jump. Just do it. It defines who you want to be and what you want to do. What could be more important than that?
Just take the jump.
What do you have to lose? Are you worried that the future might not play out the way you pictured it? Give that future a chance instead of it being non-existent.
Yes, there is a lot at stake; a lot of uncertainty to begin with. And you have got responsibilities too — plenty of them. But, so did every one who made their dreams and passions a reality.
At the decision point, to turn around and go back to what you were doing is an obvious choice. The only thing holding you back, from asking for feedback on your idea, to launching your product, or picking up the phone to setup a call, to selling your product to investors, is doubt.
But all it takes is a little belief. One leap of faith to walk that unknown path. Imagine this — if you knew your favourite team is going to win every match, every season, would you still go buy tickets to watch them? You are going to get bored sooner or later. The truth is that there are no guarantees. Nature abhors it. All winning streaks have an end.
So, don’t think too much. Just take the jump.
The road less traveled is filled with surprises and twists, but you need to march on with the single-minded purpose you set out with. In the end, that journey will be a celebration of your hard work, skill and pure creation. And you will most definitely, have a story to tell — of people, of places, of experiences and of a life more lived.
It will not be easy. Otherwise, everyone would be doing it. What stops most of us is that first step.
So take the jump.
And in the process, be willing to risk it all. Give it everything and hold nothing back.
In the words of Mark Twain,
Explore. Dream. Discover.
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