{"id":16107,"date":"2018-02-19T14:47:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T14:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkvisionnow.com\/?p=16107"},"modified":"2018-02-19T14:47:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T14:47:21","slug":"the-places-well-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunneez.com\/sparkvision\/the-places-well-go\/","title":{"rendered":"The Places We\u2019ll Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a child growing up in our family we read a lot, however, Dr. Seuss books weren\u2019t a regular in our library. <\/span><\/h1>\n

Instead, I gained an appreciation for his writings as an adult early in my career. From that, you may think my early career was in children\u2019s education, but I have actually been working in business since the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

The book that got my attention was<\/span> Oh, the Places You\u2019ll Go<\/span><\/i><\/a>!<\/span><\/i> I was part of a campus recruitment team and we gave a copy of it to all new recruits. But where it really captured my imagination was as a gift from my boss as our project finished and our contracts were over. She gave me a pop-up version that beautifully animated the journey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amongst the clever rhymes and funny words that engage your creative side, Dr. Seuss\u2019 book is the story of action, decisiveness and persistence \u2013 character traits that do well for entrepreneurs whether on their own or within an organization. Here are my three favorite quotes within the story:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can get so confused that you’ll start in to race\u2026 headed, I fear, toward a most useless place. The waiting place\u2026 for people just waiting.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Or waiting around for a yes or a no\u2026 or a better break… or another chance. Everyone is just waiting. No! That’s not for you.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

As intra\/entrepreneurs, there may be good times and better times to pursue the next idea, but waiting around for a perfect time does you no good. There is always more research or more analysis that can be done. Instead, get out into the marketplace to directly sell to customers and get iterative feedback. Those first few steps can be scary and every negative comment can personally sting but now you actually know what people think of your product or service rather than just waiting to find out.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSimple it’s not, I’m afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

A challenge many have is actually having too many ideas, rather than not enough. How can you possibly make up your mind on which amazing idea to work on next? This is where a vision board, idea notebook and business plan come in.<\/span><\/p>\n