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Moin! You have at least 3 advantages:
1. You're young
2. You're ambitious
3. You're having ideas
It also sounds like you're looking for a bit of re-assurance, which is understandable and happens to most of us at some point in time, but I think you already know the answer to "Should I just pick one idea and go all-in on execution?" YES!
I often think about the worst thing to happen, e.g. if you commit for two years and it fails completely:
- You will have learned a ton
- You are still young
- Financially, w/o knowing your background, since we're having a strong social safety net, you will be fine in the absolutely worst case... Someone compared this to having unlimited lives in a video game
What happens if you don't commit:
- You have learned nothing
- You're regretful
That being said, depending on what you work on, you should be able to get feedback much sooner and will be able to abort the mission before 2 years have gone by.
For your questions:
1) Efficiency by Wall Street Playboys, The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
2) Habit-wise, I'd stick to the basics: take action daily, eat well most of the time, exercise including cardio, sleep well, be around supportive people
A few years ago, I used to look up routines of CEOs and lifestyle guys to try to emulate them, but I think it ultimately led to more stress than benefit since I'm not that particular person, so it doesn't feel natural, and you don't need to take a cold shower at 4am and drink Yerba maté to become rich. So my advice is: Feel free to get inspired, try some things, but don't stress about this too much. I wasted too much time by trying to create the perfect 100% day, when I could have plenty of solid 85%+ days instead.
3) One of my best decisions was to make a habit of doing things that I'm avoiding, but I know I should be doing. At your age, I used to struggle with calling doctors for appointments for some reason, so I started calling them to get some random info until I got more comfortable with it. Then, I had the same struggle with business calls in English, so I tried to do more of those. Even today, when I'm working on a project, I sometimes find myself starting some video game, grabbing food or cleaning a room... There's a time and a place for these things, but probably not in the middle of creating a new website.
So, for me, there has been a lot of growth in my business and personal life in confronting the things I'm avoiding. Viel Erfolg!
1. You're young
2. You're ambitious
3. You're having ideas
It also sounds like you're looking for a bit of re-assurance, which is understandable and happens to most of us at some point in time, but I think you already know the answer to "Should I just pick one idea and go all-in on execution?" YES!
I often think about the worst thing to happen, e.g. if you commit for two years and it fails completely:
- You will have learned a ton
- You are still young
- Financially, w/o knowing your background, since we're having a strong social safety net, you will be fine in the absolutely worst case... Someone compared this to having unlimited lives in a video game
What happens if you don't commit:
- You have learned nothing
- You're regretful
That being said, depending on what you work on, you should be able to get feedback much sooner and will be able to abort the mission before 2 years have gone by.
For your questions:
1) Efficiency by Wall Street Playboys, The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
2) Habit-wise, I'd stick to the basics: take action daily, eat well most of the time, exercise including cardio, sleep well, be around supportive people
A few years ago, I used to look up routines of CEOs and lifestyle guys to try to emulate them, but I think it ultimately led to more stress than benefit since I'm not that particular person, so it doesn't feel natural, and you don't need to take a cold shower at 4am and drink Yerba maté to become rich. So my advice is: Feel free to get inspired, try some things, but don't stress about this too much. I wasted too much time by trying to create the perfect 100% day, when I could have plenty of solid 85%+ days instead.
3) One of my best decisions was to make a habit of doing things that I'm avoiding, but I know I should be doing. At your age, I used to struggle with calling doctors for appointments for some reason, so I started calling them to get some random info until I got more comfortable with it. Then, I had the same struggle with business calls in English, so I tried to do more of those. Even today, when I'm working on a project, I sometimes find myself starting some video game, grabbing food or cleaning a room... There's a time and a place for these things, but probably not in the middle of creating a new website.
So, for me, there has been a lot of growth in my business and personal life in confronting the things I'm avoiding. Viel Erfolg!