Hurdle / Challenge:
I grew up in a culture where people with ideas are well respected. As I became older though I found myself struggling with the execution of ideas. As I hopped from ideas to ideas, I could never really give enough dedication, persistent focus and hard labor to any particular idea and make them a reality.
Path to recover:
I still struggle with it, but I think I am getting better at it. The book that helped me in this area is “4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals” by Sean Covey and Chris McChesney.
I narrow down my focus on what I think is the most important (i.e., most meaningful, purposeful, and joyful for me). In the book this is called ‘wildly important goal.’
I try to figure out and stick to habits that will ‘lead’ me to my goals. In the book they call these ‘lead measures’. I am finding out that the right habit (that aligns with your goals) is probably the most powerful weapon or the lead measure.
I also review my long term and short term goals periodically to make sure I am not jumping from ideas to ideas.
Any advice for people who may be struggling with similar challenges:
-Ideas x Execution = Impact. 100 ideas and 0 execution will yield 0 impact. 1 idea, 100% execution, will yield full impact.
-Lean towards execution. Not too much planning and analysis. Too much analysis may cause paralysis.
-Rely on good habits that align with your long-term goals.
-Hopping from ideas to ideas is little bit intoxicating for the short term but ineffective for the long run. Because you want to stay high off the initial high-energy days of starting a new idea.
-Be mentally prepared to fail and fail often.
