Creation Requires Action

A few months back I shared an article about the “Pinterest problem” that I see happening to businesses from all industries. The theory is this: it becomes so much fun to “pin” or plan what we want to do that we never get around to doing it.

It’s the reason why “planning” courses are so popular with entrepreneurs. You can sit down and in a few hours plan out your entire year and feel really, really good about yourself. Never mind that you never get around to implementing all those ideas and plans.

When I started She’s Got Systems, I promised myself we would do things differently.

Maybe it’s because I’d just come from a corporate environment that had managers of managers of managers and it was so frustrating to see talented people doing the work getting paid a fraction of those pointing out that work needed to be done.

I believe there’s absolutely a place in this world for coaches and directors – for those who can help us see what needs to be done. But we often forget that people need to step in to act on those plans and we need to support action.

It’s very, very tempting to sit back and say “you should be doing that” and ask for a consulting fee. It sounds so easy. Lucrative. Simple.

But instead we get into the trenches with you, we say unapologetically “I know it’s not as much fun as dreaming, but let’s get some stuff done!” Because I’d rather have a mediocre meal from a chef than just hear about “the best soup ever” that another cook is going to make someday. I’d rather read a blog post with some typos that needs more SEO than wait for 6 months for “content that’s going to blow. your. mind.”

Done is better than perfect. Action has to follow creative planning. Work requires support.

I want to show you this in action. Therefore your Action Step for the week is to register to listen in to my call on Thursday, whether you attend live or hear the recording. I want to model the difference between “you should go do some important stuff dude” and “dude, let’s do this important stuff together.”

Cool? Sign up here if you haven’t registered yet and remember that planning is just the first step on the road.