MJ DeMarco
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BEWARE OF IDEA REGRET
I recently received an email from a reader who had a great idea for a simplistic game back in 2017. He never did anything about it. To his dismay, he just saw his game idea on the AppStore with millions of downloads.
It left him quite regretful.
Likewise, a friend of mine had a great idea for a hair product (she pops in here every so often, maybe she will comment). She even made a working prototype, but never followed through. That was a few years ago.
Fast forward to today and my wife saw her product on the store shelves at a major retailer just recently. Someone else executed on the idea, and now enjoys the Fastlane.
FACT #1: I think we all have stories like these, great ideas that we never focus on, we never take seriously, and we never pursue as "life" gets in the way with jobs, bills, and mindless entertainment. I have dozens of IDEA REGRETS (Bumble being one of them as I confessed in The Great Rat Race Escape ) however, I did pursue some ideas which turned out well.
FACT #2: If you have a great idea, likely someone else does too.
YOU EITHER DO IT - or someone else will.
And they get the glory, and the profit.
You get left with idea-regret.
BEWARE OF IDEA REGRET
I recently received an email from a reader who had a great idea for a simplistic game back in 2017. He never did anything about it. To his dismay, he just saw his game idea on the AppStore with millions of downloads.
It left him quite regretful.
Likewise, a friend of mine had a great idea for a hair product (she pops in here every so often, maybe she will comment). She even made a working prototype, but never followed through. That was a few years ago.
Fast forward to today and my wife saw her product on the store shelves at a major retailer just recently. Someone else executed on the idea, and now enjoys the Fastlane.
FACT #1: I think we all have stories like these, great ideas that we never focus on, we never take seriously, and we never pursue as "life" gets in the way with jobs, bills, and mindless entertainment. I have dozens of IDEA REGRETS (Bumble being one of them as I confessed in The Great Rat Race Escape ) however, I did pursue some ideas which turned out well.
FACT #2: If you have a great idea, likely someone else does too.
YOU EITHER DO IT - or someone else will.
And they get the glory, and the profit.
You get left with idea-regret.
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