Bring good ideas to the boil fast, don't brew

MJ has also been thinking about the internet cafe as business incubator idea and better again he intends "doing something about it".

I'd hoped for a bit of a head start. Too late! I'm going to have to get my finger out and do something about this which means moving things a bit faster. I don't have to implement the full scale plan, but I do need to do something.

Good on you MJ - the first step is always the hardest. I have a friend (who shall remain nameless) who has run at least a dozen different business plans by me in the last 5 years. The same thing happens each time - he inevitably comes up with an excuse not to jump from the security of his cosy 9 to 5. I still think he has the makings of an entrepreneur in him but he desperately needs to cross a scary psychological chasm. I myself spent 2 years brooding over the business I'm in now before finally cutting the safety harness.

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[MJ]

Thanks for the quote, mate. I had a good idea for a business but kinda got waylaid into running a IT company. Now, I guess I'm more independent, a lot more confident about HOW to do it. I've technically got less free time but I'm better at managing it.

When I was writing books, I spent a lot of time on the convention circuit encouraging other people who wanted to write books.

Go on, you can do it!