Comments on: Question for you: what stops you from testing your biz ideas early? What helps?

By: Have You Tried Everything? — Big Bright Bulb

Have You Tried Everything? — Big Bright Bulb — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:27:11 +0000

[...] Pam says it’s useful to fail fast, and I feel sure that continuing to fail slow will mean going ever slower while I get and keep a [...]

By: Josesphat

Josesphat — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:32:08 +0000

Aeeee. What puts asunder between my dreams and I is the fear of what people may say if in any case I fail. That not withstanding, worry of insufficient funds is also a terrible thing

By: Have You Tried Everything? | Big Bright Bulb

Have You Tried Everything? | Big Bright Bulb — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:53:05 +0000

[...] Pam says it’s useful to fail fast, and I feel sure that continuing to fail slow will mean going ever slower while I get and keep a [...]

By: Yuen Mun

Yuen Mun — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:10:01 +0000

Thank you Pam! Inspiring post.

Just bought hosting and started my website right after watching the video.

By: Suzanna Stinnett

Suzanna Stinnett — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:57:34 +0000

Juicy, Pamela. I’m doing the dance right now, about to put up a website for a tightly-niched concept. I think what has stopped me from testing in the past is that I fall in love with my ideas. How can I torture them with this testing thing? They’re already so perfect and beautiful!! Of course they don’t get anywhere that way. This time I am taking cues from Seth Godin’s talk about the lizard brain. I am thrashing at the beginning and going straight into the part that makes me the most scared. The test is really about me, anyway. Can I actually do the steps that this project requires? Right now? Pray for me.
Suzanna

By: Jason M. Beauford

Jason M. Beauford — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:12:02 +0000

I truly believe the concept of test often and fail fast. One book that really drove this idea home for me was “The Max Strategy: How A Buisnessman Got Stuck At An Airport”. I highly recommend this short book. It will really change the way you think about entrepreneurship.

Really I think it all comes down to fear; fear of not being taken seriously, fear of not having the education or experience to be considered an expert, fear of not generating enough income to support a current lifestyle, fear that you wont have support of your family, or perhaps even fear of success.

Lot’s of different things hold people, including myself, back from realizing my dreams. However, I’ve recently adopted a new credo that I think is absolutely true and beneficial to anyone in any business: “Today, work is about two things: Talent and Projects”. With this in mind, I find that I am a little bit less fearful because I realize that I have the Talent part and that the only thing stopping me are the Projects. And the Projects are out there to be taken, it’s just a matter of asking for them.

Fear not, success is but an action away.

Cheers!

@JasonMBeauford

By: Dina Curtis

Dina Curtis — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:58:53 +0000

Hmm…this got me thinking and I’ve dug up a limiting belief that I wasn’t aware of. Thanks Pam. What stops me from testing early is a belief that I only get so many flops or false starts before I start to look like an a**. When I believe this I hold back in order to avoid using up one of those few precious chances to fall on my face and get away with it. I think I believe that it is safer to save them up for some super amazing future project.

By: Visionspace » Blog Archive » Pam Slim and My Favorite Ways to Stop Fear

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:24:23 +0000

[...] helps?” In two days she has received 32 comments on the subject. I read them all and added my own to the [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:52:34 +0000

The fear of taxes and liability keeps me from testing my ideas more. It’s a catch-22, I’d like to test a product or service but worry about the tax liability I will incur or run the risk of getting sued. I could cover myself with insurance and filing out the right paperwork but I wouldn’t know where to start.

By: Pam Slim and My Favorite Ways to Stop Fear « Visionspace

Pam Slim and My Favorite Ways to Stop Fear « Visionspace — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:03:56 +0000

[...] helps?” In two days she has received 32 comments on the subject. I read them all and added my own to the [...]