Why aren’t you doing this right now?
I have a question for you:
If you had to start everything over, today, what would you do differently?
I have another question for you:
Why aren’t you doing that now?
I can probably guess the reason: it’s easier to work with what you have than to start your business over from scratch. There’d be so much work to do! You’d have to plan and make decisions and invest money and time… and you’ve already put in so much time and money already that the thought is almost unbearable.
Everything you have now will all go to waste! Scrap everything you worked so hard to build? That’s crazy talk! And what if you did, and then you realised it was all a big mistake? That you made the wrong choice and should’ve stuck with what you had?
Start your business over?! Forget that!
That’s a reasonable line of thinking. It’s probably the line of thinking most would have – I’d probably think the same way. Mind you, if you really think about each of those reasons for not starting your business over, and if you get really honest with yourself, you can see that they’re all kind of bullshit reasons for not entertaining the idea.
But I can understand how the thought of sticking with what you have now, even if it isn’t working that well, would probably seem like a far better idea than starting over.
Indulge me, though.
- If you’re continually tinkering away at a business that isn’t working as it should, maybe it’s a good idea.
- If you have a long list of to-dos and changes you’ve always wanted to make, but never seem to get around to it, maybe this is the right choice.
- If you haven’t made a change in 5 years, maybe now is the time.
- If you’ve been wishing for months that you could just… well, start over, maybe this is day you do. You could take a month off – or two, or three. You could map out a new and improved version. You could ditch everything, and begin anew.
The question is… would you?
