Comments on: Ready, Fire, Aim

By: MrAchievement (Stanley Bronstein)

MrAchievement (Stanley Bronstein) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:00:05 +0000

First question I have is did you get your laptop back after she was finished (grin) . . .

Perfectionism is a funny thing. Personally I believe in STRIVING for perfection, but realizing you (and others around you) are probably NOT going to get there.

In other words, do the best job you can, but cut yourself (and others) slack if and when you turn out to be less than perfect.

I too agree that if we sit back and take to long to take action, we’re never going to get anything done.

Some people have a tendency to keep thinking and thinking and thinking, just because the act of thinking “feels good”. Somewhere along the way you have to stop thinking and start doing, otherwise you suffer from “paralysis by analysis”.

However, I suspect I’m preaching to the choir here.

Take care and keep up the good blogging.

Stanley Bronstein
MrAchievement

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:31:44 +0000

Thanks for this post Vivienne. Its a good and timely reminder for somebody like me – a true blue Virgo with an irritating perfectionist streak – to take more chances in life. One of the things which got my goat is waiting for that perfect flash of brilliance before I put pen to paper but maybe I should do what Harv has espoused. Starting from today!

By: Betty Vong

Betty Vong — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:27:30 +0000

Hi Rachel,

Yes, you are so right about the importance of water. I will be writing about Pi Water very soon. Feel free to visit us at http://www.nurtureyourown.com

Regards
Betty

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:53:14 +0000

Thank you for the post! It leads me to Betty’s post. I know the importance of good water. I am drinking bio energised water from the bio disc. amazing health benefit for me & my family!

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:24:26 +0000

Hi Solomon
Let me share with you something I believe: When you go out to find friends, you end up with none. When you go out to be a friends, you’ll find tons. Have fun making lots of friends at blogosphere.

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Hi Roger
Do whatever serve you. What you have shared is equally insightful because we do need to have a purposeful direction to make life fulfilling and rewarding. Thanks for stopping by.

By: Roger

Roger — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:14:58 +0000

This was good…

But my approach is different being an entrepreneur: I aim, I get ready, I fire.
In other words I find the direction that I am going. I do the necessary steps to get there and then I fire. It works so much easier…for me.

But what you wrote is great and insightful…but I am giving you my views…

It is great.

Keep up the great work!

Roger

By: Solomon

Solomon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:37:56 +0000

I, too, am eager to have my own blog. It is great to have one; to have all our friends share their learned opinions there. Bokjae,our great friend, takes the credit for it, besides yourself!
Like here as Bokjae said, fire at once and fine tune later – seems to be the way forward. That goes to say -ACT! Isn’t it Bokjae?

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:56:52 +0000

Hi Monica
Nice of you to visit. Plan and then FIRE right away. :)

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Hi Bruce
Nice analogy. Can’t imagine what will happened if soldiers take time to dress up when enemies attack.

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Hi Moshood
Windows of opportunities seemingly always pop up when we weren’t aware. The only way is to stay alert and tune in to stuff that’s important and relevant to us.

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Hi Solomon
I really, really look forward to checking out your own blog soon.

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Hi T. Betty
I congratulate you for your success at NurtureYourOwn. The comments you generated for your maiden post is indeed very encouraging.

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Hi Mary
I believe the next opportunity will come, eventually, it’s just that the nature of the opportunity be somewhat different from the previous. I hope to see you around soon.

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Hi Rick

Your suggestion of “Ready, FIRE a few rounds;test market and take AIM; full burst of FIRE.” is indeed practical. I hope you will stick around here and let us tap your wisdom more often.

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Hi bokjae
You’ve hit right on the nail. It’s the correct mindset that entrepreneurs have that enabled them to fire first and take aims again later. Amateurs tend to over prepare.

By: bokjae

bokjae — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:48:57 +0000

Great post vivienne! The real life entrepreuners without fail jump into the window of opportunity thats opened and do not waste any time. I guess they will fine tune their “Aim” a bit later! However it is the conditioning of their minds that they can respond this as compared to someone who is totally ill prepared!

By: Rick Wong

Rick Wong — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:10:17 +0000

I do agree with you however when we are READY,we might not have enough round to FIRE. Then we take AIM only to realise we have used up all rounds.

Suggestion: Ready, FIRE a few rounds;test market and take AIM;full burst of FIRE.

Slogan: READY,FIRE,AIM and FIREeeeeeeee

By: mary

mary — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:39:53 +0000

It may all be about taking chances, but one cannot take a chance when one doesn’t know what his doing. Perfectionist have a this challenge to overcome: learn the extent to witch carefull preparing has to go to. I mean, you need to bare in mind the crucial points that need work, and learn to seperate the not so important ones. The concept for instance must always be unbeatable, and making a acompromise with it or with a head, might lead to a disaster. but the sketch might be a little rushed (not too much though). Afterall, if you rush to jump on an opened window, you could fall. Opportunity might knock when you are not ready, but if you miss it because you did everything in a rush, the next opportunity never come. Reputation can suffer the most for a mistake such as this.

By: Betty Vong

Betty Vong — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:04:08 +0000

Hello there! This is THE Betty that could not start writing and when she finally did, at the last count, more than 500 people have read the short post. She even attracted quite a few comments. After all, it was a controversial topic – water. Click here and see for yourself: From now on, I am most definitely practicing “Ready, Fire, Aim!” like how T Harv Eker has taught us.