you go. What you come up with
won’t be perfect. It will be messy
and maybe even a little embar-
rassing. (I will literally never show
anyone the first iterations of our
logo. Yikes!) But it will be your
messy, embarrassing something.
I’ve got 3 tips to help you stop pro-
crastinating and start getting shit
done TODAY.
1. Something is better than nothing
This is not only my motto when it
comes to work, but my life motto
as well. Any other perfectionists
in the house? When I only had 15
minutes or even hour, I worried
that there was no way I could pos-
sibly do something from start to
finish and do it right. So instead
of just getting 15 minutes of work
done, I did nothing. Now if I have
a newsletter to write and I only
have 15 minutes, I set it up and
write the subject line. If I have a
big project to work on and I only
have an hour, I do what I can in
that hour and celebrate that I’m 1
hour closer to finishing. If there’s a
sink full of dirty dishes and I only
have a couple minutes, I wash 2
plates. It’s better than nothing!
2. Plan less, experiment more
Another bad habit disguised as a
good habit is planning. Don’t get
me wrong, planning is really im-
portant, especially when it comes
to a big project! I love to whip out
my coloured pens, sticky notes
and planner probably more than
most people. But planning can
end up being a delay tactic. You
think that you’ll just get started
when you have a “solid” plan but
what you should be doing is get-
ting a “good” plan in place so you
can start experimenting. Plans
are great, but self-employment
rarely goes as planned. Exper-
imenting is way more valuable
because it allows you get some
work out into the world so you can
find out what people think of it.
3. Get feedback
it’s time for feedback. As entrepre-
neurs, it feels like everything we
put out there is so personal be-
cause we put so much heart into
our work. It can feel really scary to
then ask people what they think of
it. It takes some practice to grow
a thick skin and weed out the
grumps from the good criticism.
Feedback can be gained from sur-
veys, casual chats or even lurking
in the Facebook groups where your
customers gather. When you get a
comment that stings, write it down
and put it away for a while. Bring
it back out again when the wound
isn’t so fresh and you can look it
without taking it too personally.
If you keep putting off your
dreams, you may never get there!
So today, instead of coming up
with excuses or getting caught
up in planning, start with what
you have. You’ll be able to make
course corrections along the way
and your future self will thank you.
Now that your work is out there,
Sara Funduk has a passion for helping people achieve their entrepreneurial
and personal goals through online courses. She started CourseCraft, an online
course platform, in 2012 with her husband Ryan and has since grown an amaz-
ing community of purpose-driven entrepreneurs who are in creative or helping
professions. CourseCraft helps them focus on connecting with students and
making meaningful experiences. When Sara isn't working on CourseCraft, she
can be found hiking through the woods with her toddler, baking vegan treats or
taking care of her garden.
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