Side Projects. (Have side effects):

The first stage of doing is deciding. Then committing.

Commit hard.

But deciding isn’t doing. Committing isn’t doing.

Doing is doing.

By all means, write up your idea. Talk it up too.

Get buy-in. Get amped. Get ready.

But on no account be unaccountable. (If only to yourself.)

Look at it. Let it eat at you, motivate you, inspire you, fill you with fear and joy. Though you’ll find that they won’t always be in equal measure.

Then do.

Do what you need to get done.

Anything else is just thinking about it, talking about it, planning it, playing at it.

Deciding isn’t doing.

Making to-do lists longer than you are tall isn’t doing. Telling people what you’re going to do isn’t doing.

Doing is doing.

Show up every single day until it’s done. Then show up some more; just to be sure.

Surprise your enemies. Delight your allies. But most of all, win the war with yourself.

This may mean getting comfortable with discomfort. This may mean discovering awkward truths about yourself. But it may also mean you get to live the life of your dreams.

And don’t let perfection be the enemy of good, as Voltaire said.

Or, more pithily, ‘Feck perfection’, as Victore said.

You might get lucky. Your project might turn out to be as simple as a walk in the park. But most likely, it will be as tricky as catching lightning in a jar.

Don’t let that deflect, deter or discourage you.

Only one person can do what you want to do.

Only one person’s opinions and, more importantly, actions matter.

We think you know who that is.

Never not do.

The above, is an introduction from the following: The Do Lectures Side Project Report: To get your copy, and to kickstart your side project, click here:

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