When I started justin.tv, it felt like an impossible task.
Here's some important advice on how you can start doing anything:
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Here's some important advice on how you can start doing anything:
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Many people, when faced with doing something new that they know nothing about, won’t ever get started.
The idea behind justin.tv was simple enough: a 24 hour livestream video feed of our SF adventures, which would be broadcasted from a portable camera to online viewers.
Like most things in life however, theory and practice are very different things.
Like most things in life however, theory and practice are very different things.
My co-founderand I didn’t have a clue about online video protocols, server infrastructure, cameras, or mobile network connections.
Our only experience so far was selling our calendar app Kiko on eBay after Yahoo ghosted us for $1 million
Our only experience so far was selling our calendar app Kiko on eBay after Yahoo ghosted us for $1 million
The task ahead just seemed so insurmountable.
How can you begin, without knowing where to begin? What happens when you don’t even know what you don’t know?
How can you begin, without knowing where to begin? What happens when you don’t even know what you don’t know?
The answer: compile a list of immediately tangible and actionable goals that point in the (general) right direction.
For us, this looked like:
For us, this looked like:
1. Find a hardware device expert.
2. Figure out mobile data transmission
3. Talk to a startup in the livestreaming space and learn the tech
4. choose and pay for a Content Delivery Network to stream video for us.
2. Figure out mobile data transmission
3. Talk to a startup in the livestreaming space and learn the tech
4. choose and pay for a Content Delivery Network to stream video for us.
We ticked these off one by one, and within a few months Justin.tv was up and (barely) running!
this simple, methodical process can be applied to any challenge or ambition.
it could be anything, from starting that daunting project, to eating healthier and losing weight, or quitting smoking, and repairing strained relationships.
it could be anything, from starting that daunting project, to eating healthier and losing weight, or quitting smoking, and repairing strained relationships.
make yourself a list of small, easy steps that you can take immediately, and tick them off one by one.
these might seem unhelpful at first, but the compounding effect of these small unrelated but digestible things will make your goal much more accomplishable.
these might seem unhelpful at first, but the compounding effect of these small unrelated but digestible things will make your goal much more accomplishable.
Break it down, and if it's still too much, break it down even further until you can manage it.
No matter how small, a step is a step. Even a step in the wrong direction is infinitely better than standing completely still.
No matter how small, a step is a step. Even a step in the wrong direction is infinitely better than standing completely still.
Remind yourself that you can achieve anything you set your mind to; doing so is just process of reduction.
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