It can help:
- Uncover blind spots
- Improve our ideas
- Unlock new avenues for growth
- Help us get unstuck when we run into roadblocks
Yet we don't do it enough
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Why don't more people ask for help?
- Not sure how to
- Not sure who to ask
- Feel like friends might not give the best advice
- Don't want to spend too much on professional help for small problems
- Feel like they're troubling others with their requests
It's time to break that fear.
It's time to stop worrying and start asking for honest, actionable feedback.
Working on side projects changed my life's trajectory.
Everyone can start one to create their own luck, just like I have with mine.
Here's why I think they're important:
1/ Side projects are an incredible learning vehicle
Most knowledge is internalized through experience. You'll probably learn a lot better through reading or watching something, then practicing it, than just being stuck in the theory stage.
They enable you to learn by doing.
2/ Side projects help you get hands-on with your passions
You get to work on things you truly love and create stuff you're really passionate about.
A wantrepreneur is someone who would like to start a business and thinks and talks about doing so, but never gets started.
Don't be a wantrepreneur. Be an entrepreneur.
Here are a few things that differentiate the two:
An entrepreneur builds a specific audience to serve
A wantrepreneur shouts randomly, and assumes customers will find his/her product
An entrepreneur invests in himself/herself (tools, mentors, coaches & guides) and constantly learns
A wantrepreneur does not invest in himself/herself, and tends to gravitate towards downloading a lot of free stuff, but ends up dabbling or not commiting seriously to anything