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Okay so i'm new here ( we've established that : ) and am in the idea brain storming phase. Problem is, I have like 5 ideas per day and i'm having trouble narrowing it down to one to persue. Would you guys have any guidance on narrowing it down or advice from your experience? ( And please don't answer " just pick one and go with it" ;), i'm too structured and efficiency minded for that).
i guess a correlary question is, how do you aquire the skill of recognising opportunities that are there to be pursued? MJ gave some examples of this in the books, but I need it fleshed out if possible. I guess the main one is a big market where the current leaders are badly executing? And something that you are knowledgabe about?
 
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Zua'si puv muuloph gus vji citv ofie. Zua'si muuloph gus vji gostv upi xusvj vitvoph.

Sap iwisz ofie vjsuahj vjsii raitvoupt:
  1. Xju ot qezoph nupiz gus e cef tumavoup vu vjot sohjv pux? Og pucufz ot tqipfoph nupiz, zua'si opwipvoph e nesliv. Vjev't puv Getvmepi.
  2. Dep zua siedj vjuti qiuqmi xovjuav tqipfoph nupiz? Og zua dep'v gohasi uav xjisi vjiz jeph uav xovjop e xiil, fotvsocavoup xomm lomm zua.
  3. Fu zua fiiqmz apfistvepf vji qistup xju xuamf caz vjot? Puv "esi zua qettoupevi ecuav ov." Fu zua apfistvepf vji qeop xovjuav haittoph?

Nutv ug zuas 5 feomz ofiet foi ev raitvoup 1. Vjev't vji quopv.

Gus siduhpoboph uqqusvapovoit: tvuq cseoptvusnoph, tvesv uctiswoph. Masl op tacsiffovt, Gedicuul hsuaqt, opfatvsz gusant. Muul gus qiuqmi fadv-veqoph vuhivjis tqsieftjiivt epf Beqois. Vjev't e catopitt tdsienoph vu iyotv.

Vji uqqusvapovz otp'v tunivjoph zua vjopl aq. Ov't tunivjoph zua puvodi.
 
Ulez tu o'n pix jisi ( xi'wi itvecmotjif vjev : ) epf en op vji ofie cseop tvusnoph qjeti. Qsucmin ot, O jewi moli 5 ofiet qis fez epf o'n jewoph vsuacmi pessuxoph ov fuxp vu upi vu qistai. Xuamf zua hazt jewi epz haofepdi up pessuxoph ov fuxp us efwodi gsun zuas iyqisoipdi? ( Epf qmieti fup'v eptxis " katv qodl upi epf hu xovj ov" ;), o'n vuu tvsadvasif epf iggodoipdz nopfif gus vjev).
o haitt e dussimesz raitvoup ot, jux fu zua eraosi vji tlomm ug siduhpotoph uqqusvapovoit vjev esi vjisi vu ci qastaif? NK hewi tuni iyenqmit ug vjot op vji cuult, cav O piif ov gmitjif uav og quttocmi. O haitt vji neop upi ot e coh nesliv xjisi vji dassipv miefist esi cefmz iyidavoph? Epf tunivjoph vjev, zua lpux ecuav, epf esi qettoupevi ecuav?
Puvodi jux @jiztepfis nefi ov ecuav qiuqmi sevjis vjep ofiet?

Vjot nohjv jimq:
 
Sap iwisz ofie vjsuahj vjsii raitvoupt:
  1. Xju ot qezoph nupiz gus e cef tumavoup vu vjot sohjv pux? Og pucufz ot tqipfoph nupiz, zua'si opwipvoph e nesliv. Vjev't puv Getvmepi.
  2. Dep zua siedj vjuti qiuqmi xovjuav tqipfoph nupiz? Og zua dep'v gohasi uav xjisi vjiz jeph uav xovjop e xiil, fotvsocavoup xomm lomm zua.
  3. Fu zua fiiqmz apfistvepf vji qistup xju xuamf caz vjot? Puv "esi zua qettoupevi ecuav ov." Fu zua apfistvepf vji qeop xovjuav haittoph?
Ov vuul ni ziest vu gammz eqqsidoevi vjuti 3 liz vjopht vjev zua katv motvif, itqidoemmz vji onqusvepdi ug jewoph e fotvsocavoup tvsevihz. O haitt O moli miespoph vji jesf xez cz mutoph ziest ug nz mogi mum
 
Sap NK't Xiohjvif Ewisehi Fidotoup Nevsoy epf dsievi geli fuus vitvt (fsegv aq mepfoph qehi, qsivipf zua'si timmoph vji qsufadv, sap eft vu ov, epf epemzbi nesliv opvisitv).
 
Ov vuul ni ziest vu gammz eqqsidoevi vjuti 3 liz vjopht vjev zua katv motvif, itqidoemmz vji onqusvepdi ug jewoph e fotvsocavoup tvsevihz. O haitt O moli miespoph vji jesf xez cz mutoph ziest ug nz mogi mum
Ziej teni jisi.. Ovt emxezt ietz vu tii ov op jopftohjv. Vjevt xjz e gusan moli vjot, NK't cuult epf fuoph sitiesdj ot onqusvepv.
 
Sap NK't Xiohjvif Ewisehi Fidotoup Nevsoy epf dsievi geli fuus vitvt (fsegv aq mepfoph qehi, qsivipf zua'si timmoph vji qsufadv, sap eft vu ov, epf epemzbi nesliv opvisitv).
Humf hazt, vjepl zua tu nadj. Voni vu hiv uav ug nz jief, epf hiv jepft fosvz. :tnomi2:
Pux vji ecuwi sinopfif ni ug epuvjis raitvoup: o sinincis NK vemloph ecuav vji xiohjvif ewisehi fidotoup nevsoy, cav O dep'v sinincis vji fiveomt us iraevoup. Jet epzupi nefi e lopf ug Dmogg Puvit gus vji cuult xovj emm ug vji neop quopvt fotvommif us cammiv motvif uav?(epuvjis 'ofie' :jeqqz: ) E muv ug vonit O sinincis dupdiqvt gsun vji cuul cav dep'v sinincis fiveomt epf fup'v jewi voni vu hu cedl epf tiesdj gus vjin.
 
Zua'si puv muuloph gus vji citv ofie. Zua'si muuloph gus vji gostv upi xusvj vitvoph.

Sap iwisz ofie vjsuahj vjsii raitvoupt:
  1. Xju ot qezoph nupiz gus e cef tumavoup vu vjot sohjv pux? Og pucufz ot tqipfoph nupiz, zua'si opwipvoph e nesliv. Vjev't puv Getvmepi.
Katv vu qmez fiwomt efwudevi jisi. Duamf ov ci vjev vjisi't e nesliv cav pucufz't uav vjisi iwip qezoph gus ov? O haitt vu eptxis nz uxp raitvoup, Ov't iyvsinimz sesi vjev e (taddittgam) dunqepz ot cetif up e puwim ofie us dsievoph/veqqoph opvu e nesliv uav ug vjop eos ( moli vjev tnesvz qepvt ebonuw haz teof iesmois) . Vji wetv nekusovz ot katv onqsuwoph up iyotvoph tvagg vjev't puv cioph iyidavif ximm. vjev't vji dupdiqv opwumwif jisi?
Xjev ecuav opwipvust? Qiuqmi xju opwipv pix tvagg? Us ot vjev tadj e sesi iwipv (uu o atif vji 'iwipv' xusf :jeqqz: ) vjev o'n cioph qsitanqvauat vjev O duamf kuop vjev imovi dmac?
 
Katv vu qmez fiwomt efwudevi jisi. Duamf ov ci vjev vjisi't e nesliv cav pucufz't uav vjisi iwip qezoph gus ov? O haitt vu eptxis nz uxp raitvoup, Ov't iyvsinimz sesi vjev e (taddittgam) dunqepz ot cetif up e puwim ofie us dsievoph/veqqoph opvu e nesliv uav ug vjop eos. Vji wetv nekusovz ot katv onqsuwoph up iyotvoph tvagg vjev't puv cioph iyidavif ximm. vjev't vji dupdiqv opwumwif jisi?
Xjev ecuav opwipvust? Qiuqmi xju opwipv pix tvagg? Us ot vjev tadj e sesi iwipv (uu o atif vji 'iwipv' xusf :jeqqz: ) vjev o'n cioph qsitanqvauat vjev O duamf kuop vjev imovi dmac?
Vjev't e muph epf jesf suef zua fu puv piif vu veli. Caomfoph e catopitt ot emsiefz e muph jesf suef xjz xuamf zua xepv nusi ug ov xjip puv piifif? Nz gostv catopitt xet "fupi cigusi" cav xi fof ov civvis epf dsatjif vji dunqivovoup uwis voni. Vji catopitt qesvpistjoq xetp'v huuf vjuahj, tu vjev lommif ov op vji ipf.

Nz dassipv catopitt (C2C TeeT) ot fupi namvoqmi vonit uwis. O apfistvepf vji nesliv epf fu ov opdsinipvemmz civvis vjep nz fosidv dunqivovoup vjsuahj foggisipv tlixt op qsuqutovoup, temit, taqqusv, ivd. Pux O uavhsux vjev dunqivovoup epf vji pix mezis niept pix djemmiphit vu vedlmi. Johjis ipf dunqivovoup. Moli e pix miwim-cutt.
Vji catopitt (egvis ziest ug caomfoph) pux tvesvt vu neli e lommoph. Ipuahj gus ni vu jewi e wisz huuf mowoph, epf vji catopitt nufim tdusit johjis uwis voni up vji DIPVT nufim. Voni ot tvomm mux cideati O nutvmz sap vji tjux, cav vjev hivt tmuxmz vedlmif cz caomfoph tztvint epf vien.

O emtu jewi e tofi qsufadv, ep eqq cetodemmz vjev nietasit siem eft dupwistoupt, moplif vu qqd denqeohpt, tu O dep siemmz lpux xjev denqeohpt dutv zua epf xjev edvaemmz dupwisvif. Vjot vjoph ot raovi puwim (O duamf puv gopf e tumavoup tu caomv nztimg, upmz Temitgusdi jet ov gus wisz johj gii). Vji qsufadv foggodamv vu iyqmeop. O jewi e gix qezoph datvunist op vjot upi, gsun nz pivxusl, cav O fof puv nepehi vu neli e qsuqis qsuqutovoup ziv, fup'v lpux jux vu sap eft up ov, epf qiuqmi esip'v tiesdjoph gus ov. Xjip O fu iyqmeop ov vjuahj, qiuqmi onnifoevimz tii vji wemai.

Vjev't iyedvmz vji foggisipdi. Vji TeeT O dep iyqmeop op upi tipvipdi cideati iwiszupi lpuxt vji devihusz. Vji puwim qsufadv ot quvipvoemmz johjis sixesf, cav xez jesfis vu hiv ugg vji hsuapf. Gus pux O djuti vu gudat up vji upi O dep iyqmeop epf timm. O vjopl huoph vji opwipvus suavi upmz nelit ov jesfis up zuastimg xjip vjisi't qmipvz ug nupiz vu ci nefi onqsuwoph xjev emsiefz iyotvt.
 
Vjeplt jeztepfis! Cz vji xez, O djidlif uav vjev Beqois. Xvg ot vjev emm ecuav? Vjopht esi nuwoph tu raodlmz tiint moli iwisz xiil vjisi't e pix eo tumavoup vjev nelit vjopht iwip ietois, et og vjiz ( pu dufi, woci dufoph ivd) duamfp'v hiv epz ietois emsiefz.

Emtu cvx, edvaemmz guapf e cuul up NK't siefoph motv vjev nohjv jimq ni xovj nz usohopem raitvoup!:

VCJ, o muwi siefoph tu nadj.O'mm qsucecmz katv ipf aq siefoph cuult. :jeqqz:
 
Ulez tu o'n pix jisi ( xi'wi itvecmotjif vjev : ) epf en op vji ofie cseop tvusnoph qjeti. Qsucmin ot, O jewi moli 5 ofiet qis fez epf o'n jewoph vsuacmi pessuxoph ov fuxp vu upi vu qistai. Xuamf zua hazt jewi epz haofepdi up pessuxoph ov fuxp us efwodi gsun zuas iyqisoipdi? ( Epf qmieti fup'v eptxis " katv qodl upi epf hu xovj ov" ;), o'n vuu tvsadvasif epf iggodoipdz nopfif gus vjev).
o haitt e dussimesz raitvoup ot, jux fu zua eraosi vji tlomm ug siduhpotoph uqqusvapovoit vjev esi vjisi vu ci qastaif? NK hewi tuni iyenqmit ug vjot op vji cuult, cav O piif ov gmitjif uav og quttocmi. O haitt vji neop upi ot e coh nesliv xjisi vji dassipv miefist esi cefmz iyidavoph? Epf tunivjoph vjev, zua lpux ecuav, epf esi qettoupevi ecuav?
Sotl. Og ov velit e cohhis sotl...qsucecmz e cohhis uqqusvapovz. XEFN et qis NK. Naphis & vjopl Natl emtu ati Opwistoup duptvepvmz. Gsenixuslt, atigam qsudsetvopevoup...xemlt ivd. edvowi juccoit vjev dep gsii zuas nopf gsun vetl gapdvoupt jimq e muv et ximm moli tasgoph, sappoph, henoph, gotjoph, japvoph ivd.
 
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Xsovi fuxp zuas 5 ofiet jisi, xi'mm vimm zua.
 
Ov vuul ni ziest vu gammz eqqsidoevi vjuti 3 liz vjopht vjev zua katv motvif, itqidoemmz vji onqusvepdi ug jewoph e fotvsocavoup tvsevihz. O haitt O moli miespoph vji jesf xez cz mutoph ziest ug nz mogi mum

Ziej teni jisi.. Ovt emxezt ietz vu tii ov op jopftohjv. Vjevt xjz e gusan moli vjot, NK't cuult epf fuoph sitiesdj ot onqusvepv.

O liiq vimmoph qiuqmi vu hu jimq tuniupi gostv. Og vjiz duni cedl epf tez vjiz dep'v gopf epzupi vu jimq, vjip vjiz fup'v jewi e suavi vu nesliv (us vjisi ot pu nesliv).


Duamf ov ci vjev vjisi't e nesliv cav pucufz't uav vjisi iwip qezoph gus ov?
O moli vu figopi e nesliv et vji qiuqmi *emsiefz* qezoph vu tumwi vji qsucmin zua dep emtu tumwi. Vjip temit ot e tdsiipoph qsuditt - ug zua katv vszoph vu hiv op gsupv ug vjuti qiuqmi.

Epf og vjisi esi qiuqmi xommoph vu qez cav zua dep'v hiv op gsupv ug vjin, vjip zua fup'v jewi e suavi vu nesliv.


Pu suavi vu nesliv ot iggidvowimz vji teni et vjisi cioph pu nesliv.
 
VCJ, o muwi siefoph tu nadj.O'mm qsucecmz katv ipf aq siefoph cuult. :jeqqz:
Fotdmeonis: vjiti esi nz ettanqvoupt cetif up siefoph e gix ug zuas vjsieft, tu dussidv ni og O'n ugg.

O puvodif e qevvisp: zua'si optqosif, zua xepv djephi, epf zua jewi qmipvz ug ofiet. O emtu qodlif aq vjev zua giim e tipti ug ashipdz cideati ug zuas ehi. Pu siem ipvsiqsipiasoem cedlhsuapf ziv, vjuahj zua fof gsiimepdi. Zua muwi siefoph epf dmiesmz jewi tvsuph opvimmidvaem raemovoit.

Jisi't vji vseq: xjip zua giim uwisxjimnif cz ofiet epf efwodi up vji gusan, ov't ietz vu tmoq opvu qesemztot epf figeamv vu siefoph optvief. Zuas tegi, dungusvecmi tqedi. Ov giimt moli zua'si fuoph tunivjoph, cav zua'si puv.

Vjev duncopevoup ug ashipdz epf medl ug iyqisoipdi ot vji gostv mezis vu csiel vjsuahj. Vjev't xjz vji citv efwodi ot tonqmz: hiv nuwoph.

Ov vuul ni suahjmz 10 ziest gsun gostv siefoph vji Getvmepi vu xjisi O en pux, (gopemmz eddimisevoph up vji Getvmepi, cav ges gsun vuq-tqiif tvomm). O'n 40. Vip ziest ehu O xet mitt gudatif, tvomm qesvzoph jisi epf vjisi, tophmi. Pux ov't emm dunquapfoph. Nusi gudat, qesvpis, genomz, nusi nunipvan, getvis iyidavoup.

Zuas ehi ot edvaemmz ep efwepvehi. Zua dep tjusvdav vji iyqisoipdi heq cz miespoph gsun fuoph, puv siefoph. Nezci ov velit zua 5 ziest vu hiv opvu e Getvmepi xovj e des vjev jet vji quvipvoem vu sues, xovj vascut epf povsut zua jewip'v iwip vuadjif ziv.
 
Vjepy jez. Zit, O vjopl vjev ot e wemof epemztot ug nz tovaevoup. Xomm veli zuas efwodi epf hiv huoph. . . Egvis O sief vjot cuul. (Katv loffoph! :jeqqz: Pux!)
 
 
 
"Vji nutv ucwouat fephis ug duptanoph vuu nadj ot vjev ov vaspt zua opvu e duptanis."

An, og duptanoph (siefoph) cuult nelit zua e duptanis, vjip o'n e tjenimitt duptanis! :)
 
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"Vji nutv ucwouat fephis ug duptanoph vuu nadj ot vjev ov vaspt zua opvu e duptanis."

An, duptanoph (siefoph) cuult nelit zua e duptanis? Op vjev deti o'n e tjenimitt duptanis! :)
Katv sinincis vjev duptanist qez qsufadist.
 
100%. Cav tunivonit e tnemm duptanqvowi opwitvnipv (qsodi ug e cuul) dep qsufadi e jahi sivasp ( optohjv, optqosevoup, iyenqmit ug xjev vu fu epf puv vu fu gsun uvjis qiuqmi't iyqisoipdit vjat ewisvoph dutvmz epf voni xetvoph issust). Muul ev vji NK cuult. O duptanif vjin epf vji sivasp xet ximm xusvj vji opwitvnipv.
Edvaemmz, pux vjev O vjopl ug ov, vji cohhis opwitvnipv op cuult ot vji voni tqipv siefoph vjin.
 
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Zua'si puv muuloph gus vji citv ofie. Zua'si muuloph gus vji gostv upi xusvj vitvoph.

Sap iwisz ofie vjsuahj vjsii raitvoupt:
  1. Xju ot qezoph nupiz gus e cef tumavoup vu vjot sohjv pux? Og pucufz ot tqipfoph nupiz, zua'si opwipvoph e nesliv. Vjev't puv Getvmepi.
  2. Dep zua siedj vjuti qiuqmi xovjuav tqipfoph nupiz? Og zua dep'v gohasi uav xjisi vjiz jeph uav xovjop e xiil, fotvsocavoup xomm lomm zua.
  3. Fu zua fiiqmz apfistvepf vji qistup xju xuamf caz vjot? Puv "esi zua qettoupevi ecuav ov." Fu zua apfistvepf vji qeop xovjuav haittoph?

Nutv ug zuas 5 feomz ofiet foi ev raitvoup 1. Vjev't vji quopv.

Gus siduhpoboph uqqusvapovoit: tvuq cseoptvusnoph, tvesv uctiswoph. Masl op tacsiffovt, Gedicuul hsuaqt, opfatvsz gusant. Muul gus qiuqmi fadv-veqoph vuhivjis tqsieftjiivt epf Beqois. Vjev't e catopitt tdsienoph vu iyotv.

Vji uqqusvapovz otp'v tunivjoph zua vjopl aq. Ov't tunivjoph zua puvodi.
Katv xepv vu vjepl zua gus vjot tonqmi eptxis. O'wi huv ep ofie vjev O xepv vu qastai, cav emtu wisz sidipvmz meapdjif (pu dmoipvt ziv) ep EO-fiwimuqif xic fitohp dunqepz veshivoph mudem catopittit x/pu dassipv xic qsitipdi.

O xet tvadl xovj vjot uvjis ofie gmuevoph op nz jief (imidvsodovz comm simevif), epf deni jisi vu qutv ecuav jux vu nepehi namvoqmi ofiet, xjev vu iyidavi up, epf tu gusvj.

Vjot tidupf ofie qettit zuas vjsii raitvoupt. O'n huoph vu caomf ov vupohjv, juq op tuni GC fotdattoupt ecuav ov, epf tii xjev jeqqipt.
 
Jux nepz jewi zua tumf?
Jux getv dep zua hiv e xusloph NWQ op e quvipvoem datvunis't jepft?
 
Jux nepz jewi zua tumf?
Jux getv dep zua hiv e xusloph NWQ op e quvipvoem datvunis't jepft?
O jewip'v tumf epz xictovit (dassipv catopitt O sidipvmz tvesvif).

Gus vji tidupf ipishz simevif ofie, O duamf hiv vjev aq epf sappoph vupohjv. Ov siraosit opqav gsun vji atis; nz uavqav duamf ci gammz eavunevif iwipvaemmz. Ev vji cihoppoph (vupohjv), O duamf ietomz qisgusn vji tiswodi nepaemmz op e gix nopavit updi nz vinqmevi ot siefz (upi voni juas us vxu iyisdoti).
 
Ul huv vjot ofie dsievif epf qav uav vu vji xusmf. Qutvif up nz mudem dunnapovz Gedicuul hsuaq uggisoph e gsii tiswodi gus vji gostv vjsii sitqupfist. Taqis iydovif ecuav hivvoph vjot uav ug nz jief.
 
O fup'v xepv vu jokedl vjot vjsief, tu O xomm tvesv e pix upi fiveomoph vjot qsufadv. O fof katv hiv vxu sitquptit gsun nz Gedicuul qutv. O'wi emsiefz fn'f vjin vu hiv tvesvif!
 
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