You’ve heard of “analysis paralysis.”
The idea is that you spend so much time thinking about what you have to do that you end up doing nothing.
If there’s one thing that stops people in their tracks before they even start, it’s this.
Don’t think about the big picture
Spending too much time thinking about the Big Picture and all the steps it’s going to take before you reach your final goal is the root cause of analysis paralysis.
The way you beat it is simple.
The exact second you decide that you want to do something, figure out what the first problem is and solve it. Then figure out what the second problem is, and solve that one as well. And on and on…forever.
Narrowing your focus is what allows you to achieve Big Things.
Most people get overwhelmed into submission when they think about how many steps they’ll have to take and how many problems they’ll have to figure out along the way.
One thing is for certain: achieving a Big Goal is a pain in the ass.
You’ll experience setbacks. There will be times when you fail so hard that you can’t even stand to look at yourself in the mirror because all you see is the world’s biggest retard staring back at you. You’ll waste tons of money on stupid experiments that don’t pay off. There will be times when you get all giddy and excited because you think you’ve finally figured it all out…only to end up with the classic ‘ah fuck I guess I really was born to fail at everything’ feeling when The Universe bitchslaps you (as it bitchslaps us all) and reminds you that no, you don’t have this or anything else figured out.
But in the process of experiencing these mini-calamities, you’ll also be making forward progress.