business tip

By panicking, we get less done. We worry more. We lose sight of the present and focus on the future. By panicking, ideas get lost or modified in a way that prevents the idea from manifesting greatness.

Some experts say if you aren’t doing A, B, or C, now would be a good time to panic. However, instead of panicking, do the work that will prevent you from panicking.

Don’t stop what you are doing so you can panic. Stop panicking so you can continue with what you are doing.

If you were either forced to read a book, or if you got to choose which book you got to read, which option would be better? Which book would you read?

If you were either forced to use WordPress, or if you got to choose between WordPress and Blogger, which scenario would make you happier? If you ask me which one you should use, I’d say WordPress.

If you were either assigned an essay based on an assigned theme, or you could choose the theme, which essay would you rather want to write?

If you were either forced to use Business Method A, or if you got to choose among many business methods, which would make you feel more happy about working on your business?

We don’t always get to make our own choices. However, it is important to grasp every opportunity you get to make your own choices. The only way to control who you are and who you become is by making choices for yourself. You won’t always have the power to do this, but you can make as many choices as you want on your own.

When there’s a new idea, everyone heads for it. Each person tries to use that idea better than everyone else. Others try to use this idea in a unique way. Social media resulted in a stampede. There are hundreds of millions of people on various social networks while Facebook has over a billion users. Those users are in a tight competition.

3D printing resulted in a stampede. More people are learning as much as they can about this technology and using it. With a stampede comes chaos. Everyone is fighting for the top spot.

3D printing and social media are powerful, but they created stampedes. Too many people are competing for a small number of spots. The only way to become a leader of the stampede is to do something different. This doesn’t necessarily mean creating a new product. Doing something different can mean addressing a need and finding a solution for it. Instead of using social media to talk about as much as you can, specialize in a specific area.

When people make mistakes, they often look at the big picture. Time and time again, I have said that it’s better to look at the big painting instead of that small scratch that is a micrometer long. However, when there’s a lot of misplaced paint on the canvas that everyone can see, it’s more important to learn from the mistakes than to primarily look at the big picture.

The first way to learn from your mistakes is to identify them all. If you’re honest with yourself, you are going to learn a lot. If you aren’t going to be honest with yourself, who do you have to trust?

The second way to learn from mistakes is to find the solution right away. Whether this means 5 minutes on Google, a few hours on Google, or even going to the library, you need to learn from that mistake.

The third way to learn from mistakes is to make sure you don’t perform the same mistake twice.

That’s all you have to do in order to learn from your mistakes. The next time you make a mistake, use these steps. The more you learn, the less mistakes you will make.