What I Wish Someone Had Told Me 4 Years Ago | Amir Khella
There’s so much good tucked into this one small post, but I have to at least mention a few things:
The magic moment really happened when I made peace with the fact that I’d just wasted a good deal of time learning things I didn’t really need, believing there was a magic word someone would utter that would launch me into action. Every event, every conference, and every blog post was just another excuse to postpone action one more day. I made peace with it and moved on with a beginner’s mindset, believing that I will figure out what I need along the way.
Just start work and learning will follow.
I taught myself through small projects. I broke down ideas into small manageable chunks, and gave myself deadlines to finish each of them. Projects and experiments are amazing teaching devices, because you learn as needed, and you learn first-hand.
Small projects are how I learn, I need to take a small steps towards my goal that aren’t necessarily my goal at all.
I first got things done, then I got them done right. I learned (the hard way) that momentum mattered most. If I can’t take action right away on my idea, chances are I never will. Whenever I get an idea nowadays, I do something to pin it to my reality, and to make it tangible. I do it in a quick and ugly way, then figure out how to do it better, and learn only what I need for that.
Start with something, anything because I know I’ve spent far too much time spinning my wheels with what if’s. Try something, take a look at the result, refactor, and move on.
