The Notorious B.I.G. said it best in Juicy:
It was all a dream
I used to read Word Up magazine
Salt'n'Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine
Hangin' pictures on my wall
Every Saturday Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl
I let my tape rock 'til my tape popped...
Dream big. Dream bigger than big. Nothing great ever came from mediocre ideas. The gap between dreams and achievement, however, can only be bridged with two things:
surrounding yourself in the idea and
doing.
Idea
The very first question you need to ask yourself is are you passionate about your idea? And I don't mean as a passing hobby.
Do you lay awake at night thinking about every possible angle? Do you have internal debates about the pros and cons of specific aspects of the idea? Do you read everything you can get your hands on relating to the idea, whether through blog posts, news articles, or academic research papers? Does it fill you with so much excitement that time starts to slip away (instead of dreading the time commitment)? Do you find yourself giving up things other people find "important" and not really caring?
If you answered yes to all these questions, then keep reading...
Just Do It
Having lofty goals and being an expert in a subject is great, but you need to start somewhere. Get off the internet, out of the house, and talk to a real life, breathing human being. Talk to him or her about your idea and actually
listen to what he or she says, both the words and the unspoken subtext. If you do this enough times, you'll understand whether your idea has legs.
Legs
If you feel confident about the idea, then it's time to start sprinting. Do whatever is necessary to make it work. Take small steps and keep making progress. Let me repeat that so you understand: KEEP MAKING PROGRESS. As soon as you stop, your dream is dead.
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