"Research" Before Taking Action

[Icy]

While reading a book today I saw a couple interesting paragraphs that some here could benefit from(myself included). Here it is:

"People rarely make decisions as a product of long deliberation. They may take weeks to announce a decision but often make the decision in minutes, even seconds. People do not father data to make a decision; they often gather it to justify their decision. They are not accumulating understanding; they are seeking comfort and support.

Most decisions are made, then justified, rather than the other way around."

from You, Inc. The Art of Selling Yourself by Harry Beckwith and Christine Clifford Beckwith - On a side note a highly recommend this book.

I feel that this is the stage that many of us, that are delaying action by researching are doing. We know what we are going to do, but we are still in search of people that say it's a way to success. We need to take the action on our decision (which I'm sure most of us know what it is) instead of being "busy" by looking for people to comfort us by doing it before.

 

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[kwerner]

I feel that this is the stage that many of us, that are delaying action by researching are doing. We know what we are going to do, but we are still in search of people that say it's a way to success. We need to take the action on our decision (which I'm sure most of us know what it is) instead of being "busy" by looking for people to comfort us by doing it before.

I agree with this wholeheartedly.

I used to be a guy that would try to absorb as much information as I can about the subject that was most interesting to me (real estate), but NOT take action on what I had learned. What's the point in that?!

Since I've been taking REAL action, I feel like I'm changing as a person and as a business owner.

The funny thing is, the more you take action, the more you REALLY learn - by EXPERIENCE. And experience can't be learned from a book or by reading about it on the internet.

A good example is learning how to ride a bike - sure you can learn how to pedal and learn about this thing called balance by reading about it, but there's no substitute for actually DOING it. (And if you're anything like me, falling off a few times and scraping up your knees and elbows before getting the hang of it - referring to both riding the bike and learning your business.)

 

[phade]

(And if you're anything like me, falling off a few times and scraping up your knees and elbows before getting the hang of it - referring to both riding the bike and learning your business.)

That's probably the most essential part of the initial experience; as no amount of research can compare to actually dealing with, learning from, and finally overcoming, complete and utter failure.