I read a quote the other day that really resonated with me. I didn't like how it was phrased so I'm going to use my own version of it.

You can't get really be good at something until you can accept the fact you're going to be really bad at it first.

Doing something new as an adult is sometimes scary. I don't know what's the deciding factor on when something is scary or not for the first time but some things are just downright terrifying for a lot of people getting ready to start their own business.

Tell them they have to actually LAUNCH their website if they want to make money from it and they will sit around trying to make it perfect even though they have no idea what perfect means.

Tell them they have to actually TALK to their mailing list to make money from it and they will tell you they haven't come up with the perfect sales funnel yet even though they don't know what perfect means.

There is always something that is going to cause you to shit your pants and it's because you think you're supposed to be good at it first.

When I hired my brother, I had him doing a lot of different things. One of them was creating pins and he had a really bad habit of saying "well I don't know how to do this" or "I'm not as good as you".

It's like he thought he was supposed to nail these things instantly. I didn't set that expectation for him but he kept on looking at my stuff and just assumed he was supposed to be at that level right off the bat.

You can't be good at baking until you're bad at baking.

You can't be good at sex until you're bad at sex.

Some people see how bad they are and quit. They tell the world that they just don't have natural talent or they guess they aren't smart enough. Others understand that improvements happen in increments.

I watched a fascinating video the other day (I really need to start saving these things) where a guy put a sketch of Brad Pitt up on a screen and asked the audience if they could draw it. Nobody raised their hands.

Then he asked them if they thought he could teach them how to get started drawing something like that in 15 seconds.

Nobody raised their hands.

Then he posted an image of a gray square. That was it. Just a gray square. He asked the audience if they could draw that and everyone raised their hands.

Guess what? That Brad Pitt sketch was nothing more than a lot of gray squares put together.

It's the same thing with your online business. It's a lot of tiny little things that you can easily figure out and understand but sometimes all you see is the big picture and get overwhelmed. You won't be great at creating an ebook right away but you can definitely open up a word processor and start typing, right?

Work on being bad first and then work on being better.

- Scrivs

PS: BBC doors open tomorrow. Let's be bad together.