The Time for Action Is Now

The ever common debate is "What is more important -- the idea or the execution?" I have recently come on the side of action.

I have never found the idea part difficult. If you are a student of business, you can find inspiration all around you. Read the business media. Go to conferences. Good ideas are everywhere.

Once you have an idea, you have all sorts of internal hurdles to get past. Will it work? Will anyone like it? What if someone else does the same thing? Suddenly you find yourself in the decision death spiral, analysis paralysis, and all that stuff.

Let's say you can get past all the self-doubt. You still have quite a few decisions ahead of you. How big is it going to be? What color are you going to make? Are you going to offer fries what that? Chances are you don't have the time or all the knowledge you need.

That means you need some people to help. They need to feel comfortable in the big chair. They need to feel comfortable confronting you when you are about to make a bad choice. Most importantly, they need feel as responsible for the success of the project as you do.

All this going on has a point. Really.

Talk is cheap. Nothing happens until you make a decision and take some action.

Start tomorrow and do something. Move something forward that you have been thinking about for a long time. This is the push you have been looking for.