Byron Belzak's Money Musings
Avoid the Helpless, Hopeless and Healthy Hesitators
Posted March 21, 2009

Worse than bad luck is bad attitude.

I make that statement with no rancor and no ill will. It's simply an observation based on a tale of two situations; that is, two entrepreneurial opportunities, to be more accurate, in which I have been involved in negotiations for the past month or so.

One group is growing wings. The other has decided to clip theirs. The signs are obvious, but one must pay attention to the signs, which are many and varied -- but add up to one thing or the other: saying Yes or saying No.

Allow me to explain without going into all of the bloody details.

One group of possibility-seekers involves three people who through lack of action or fear and unwillingness will not move forward rapidly on a great, timely idea and, in my opinion, missing the boat. Call them the A Team.

The other group of dream weavers, call them the B Team, also involves three people. They are just as smart and talented in their own right as those of A Team -- but with one stark difference. They are willing to move forward without having everything wrapped up in a nice, neat bow.

Business is messy. And, by its very nature, business launches -- even those with a business plan -- are even messier. As the adage goes, "the best laid plans of mice and men..." and I forget the ending -- but it doesn't matter. You get the point.

Plans are great but they get in the way of a launch that needs to be done quickly so the participants can jump on board, catch the wind, and set sail to parts unknown. That's the adventure of business. If you're not willing to go wearing only a backpack, so to speak, and leaving the wooden trunk behind, you won't make it. Traveling fast and far -- and that's what launching a new venture requires -- requires traveling lightly.

That is not to say, however, that one should not travel fully equipped. One must not be oblivious to the dangers, pitfalls and known and unknown obstacles, but one must not fear them.

Allow me to explain myself. I'm in the idea business. I help business people articulate their ideas and I, being a wordsmith and entrepreneur, try to make them real.

How important are words? Very important.

You cannot have a plan before you have the idea. To have others embrace your idea means you have to articulate and communicate you idea. And every good idea starts with a germ of an idea.

As you move you idea forward, you do so without knowing quite where it will take you. But in the process of moving will help you find the right direction. In the process you will discover, uncover and evolve you idea into something that becomes either more concrete and complete -- or less so -- when you are better able to see what needs to be done, and in what order.

I can't tell you how many projects and meetings that I have been in which have started with such great hope, enthusiasm and promise, but were ultimately torpedoed by one individual who was afraid to stretch himself or herself, afraid to move outside the box that he or she had built over the years and felt comfortable operating in.

Any new project means one must cover new territory. That's what a new idea is. New. Any new project of any value means operating outside the proverbial box.

So if you are getting together with old friends or new acquaintances to try and put together a new idea that has the possibility of making money -- even a little bit of money -- make sure that you move ahead with people who are willing to say Yes -- particularly when it is so easy to say No -- especially in these times of woe, worry and weariness.

To be continued...

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