The Perfect Antidote to Procrastination | Ep. 12
The Big Shift: The Business of Making a Difference
Bill Baren
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2016
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
If you want to get more done – in life or in business – I've got the solution for you. In this video, I'll give you a tip that will set you over the edge, tipping gracefully towards success, just by following my no-brainer advice.
I'll recount how we play out our own procrastination in life, and illustrate something you probably do everyday that holds you back from the success you really want.
It's time for you to take imperfect action. Whether your product is the best it can be, or not, these tips will help you get it out the door without over-thinking your decision to keep your business moving forward.
And if you've been dragging your feet, hoping unicorns really do exist, I'll settle the score once and for all — you can stop wishing on stars and start taking action towards manifesting your destiny.
In fact, an unexpected event during filming will even showcase my point perfectly. Will you watch the video and find out how you can follow my lead?
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| 0:00.0 | So this may sound strange and definitely contrarian, but think about this. |
| 0:06.0 | Movement in the wrong direction is better than no movement at all. |
| 0:10.0 | So the first time I had this thought, it made no sense. |
| 0:14.0 | But now that is how I live my life. |
| 0:17.0 | This is the Big Shift Vcast with Bill Barron. |
| 0:21.6 | Getting real about business for those making a difference. |
| 0:26.6 | Hello, I'm Bill Barron and I want to talk to you about taking imperfect action. |
| 0:32.6 | So in order for us to create what we want, we need to be in movement. |
| 0:38.3 | Because without movement, there's no success. Without movement, there's no progress. |
| 0:41.3 | And without movement, there is no opportunity for momentum. |
| 0:45.3 | And taking a perfect action is what it takes to be in consistent movement, |
| 0:50.3 | even if sometimes we're moving in the wrong direction and even if it |
| 0:56.4 | means you being uncomfortable producing work that you think is not good |
| 1:02.9 | enough yet I know blasphemy I'm advising you to produce work that you think is |
| 1:08.5 | not good enough but I'd love for you to stay here with me. So here's how it works. So when you try to create a masterpiece in version one, |
| 1:17.6 | you need an effort of Herculean proportions. You need to do a ton of research, you need to labor |
| 1:24.6 | over every word, every piece of the project, you feel a tremendous |
| 1:28.6 | amount of pressure and it usually takes you an eternity to finish the project. And then, when |
| 1:34.0 | you finally bring it out to the world, you often find that lots of changes need to be made |
| 1:38.9 | anyway, because you are not the judge of what you create. |
| 1:44.4 | Your tribe, your marketplace, is the only judge. |
| 1:48.0 | So your own judgment of your work is not a helpful measure of what will work. |
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