Stop Trying

There is no such thing as trying.

When Yoda said it, I didn’t understand.

Of course there is trying.

How do you start doing things if you don’t try.

I mean you have to start somewhere, you have to look at something.

The issue is too many times people (me) use trying as an excuse.

Any excuse not to do things.

Or an excuse to attempt but feel okay about not accomplishing things.

I tried to create a YouTube channel

I tried to start a business

I tried to call him and catch up

Either I do it or don’t.

There is no in between.

The difference between trying and doing is literally the next step.

No matter how hard or boring or ungratifying it is.

Write that email, make that call or set up that shop.

That’s what doing is. The next step.

Trying is stopping just before you do those things.

I do the same thing with reading business books or biographies.

It gives the impression that I am doing something.

All this is just a form of procrastinating.

A form of pretending where I can say to myself that I am getting somewhere.

But in reality I am getting nowhere and doing nothing.

All the business books I read aren’t worth 3 months of owning and operating my own business.

Said more candidly it’s a lie.

I have been lying to myself allot and trying is one of the ways I do it.

I do it when I ask questions and I don’t listen to the answer.

I do it when I call a friend and feel relief when they don’t answer.

I do it when I say to myself I will start a business and nothing happens for ages.

Most of all I do it when I say I tried.

I need to stop trying.

Never give up but stop trying.