Too many times people find that they are spending their time thinking about things, or generating ideas, but usually are so caught up in that process that they end up taking very little, if any, positive actions to help them achieve their goals. By the time they’ve “thought all this through” they just cannot seem to find the motivation to continue, or sometimes to ever even actually begin in the first place.

This is probably one of the biggest issues faced by the would-be entrepreneur, and well, most folks in general.

I call this the ‘fixin’ to’ syndrome (named after my father’s favorite phrase :-).

Ideas are nothing. Really. Every person has probably had at least one million-dollar idea. Yes, every person. Some have had several. Some have even had as many as 10,000 million-dollar ideas.

Action is everything.

Good news is, you don’t have to be the one to take the actions.

Getting the idea, researching it, proving its viability is a great start.

Hire someone to follow through on the rest.

Simple.

Can’t pay? No money? Bullpucky. No excuse. Barter it out. Sell your body, sell my body (good luck with that :-), whatever it takes, get someone else to do the part that you are either uninterested in, unwilling, or not capable of doing.

You also might need to back up a bit and see what it is that’s causing the real breakdown here.

What you want is nothing. Nothing. It matters not a wipe on the nose of a snotty aphid.

Why you want it is everything.

Tony Robbins says, “Clarity is power.” Clarity in why you want something is nuclear power.

Go back to thinking about why you want to be successful.

As to the other MDI problems (AKA other Million Dollar Ideas). Keep a notebook, one that closes, snaps shut is even better.

Any time those ideas pop up, write them down in that book. Date it. Close it. Seal it, and get back to working on your current project. You can review that notebook periodically for other ideas, but not while you’re working on another project.

Another thing you might find helpful is to do more than one at a time.

What?!!

Yes, allot certain time periods for different projects.

Stick to it.

Look, not everyone is cut out for the laser-focused, I’ll-do-this-till-I-drop-or-it’s-done kind of working situation. I know I’m not.

I’d get nothing done if that were the only way.

I do well though by grabbing one project, slotting time for it, watching my clock, then busting on it for that time period. I also set goals of different sorts depending on the type of project for each of those time periods.

ding ding… my time’s up. Back to my own current writing project.