It’s hard to believe that in just a few days, it’ll already be Christmas. For many of us hustling for our business, the year seems to have just flown by. In a blink of an eye, we’ll be celebrating over delicious food and drinks, opening presents and basically spending precious time with family and loved ones.
It’s also during this season that people seem to be extra generous. And not just in the material things, as we see them, giving more of their time and effort into making others happy and feel loved.
This spirit of generosity shouldn’t just be extended to other people; but rather more so towards your own self. It’s not wrong to treat yourself occasionally, especially after working so hard for your business.
It’s about time you start working on your smart ideas and turning them into reality.
Back in 2000, when the Internet was still relatively new in Australia, my husband Matt thought of a pretty simple idea. This service, which he called eMunch, would allow customers to order their lunch means through email. The food would be prepared by partner cafes in the city and there would be staff on standby ready to deliver the meals.
Everything was organized and put in place. They were ready with the software and branding, even what uniforms our staff will be wearing.
But minutes before the launch, the partner cafe pulled out. And everything went down the drain. He didn’t look for other partner restaurants or cafes, or consider other options.
In short, he let the idea go. And now, he’s living with regret, especially after the success of Menulog, Deliveroo and Uber Eats, some services that have a similar business model. He is haunted by this idea that could have been one of the first of its kind back then.
It’s tough to go through idea regret and live with the what-ifs in your life. I believe the best thing you can do for yourself as a gift this Christmas is to start working on ideas you’ve been putting in the back burner for so long.
Remember that ideas themselves are useless. I’ve spoken to numerous clients and I’m sure you are going to agree with me too. Execution is what makes those ideas valuable. You may have in your head the next best innovation, but unless you start working on making that happen, they will be left unseen by the general public.
Think of the many potential lives you could change and help if you had that product or service out.
Start building that idea out today. You’ll never regret giving it a go, even if it doesn’t turn out to be as successful as you wanted. At least you won’t live with wondering what could have been.
And because we here at AwayTeam want to support you as you start dreaming big, we’re partnering with Intellis to provide you with high quality web development services at various price packages to suit your needs. Have your own go-to guys for web, app, or platform development; plus marketing, social media management and so much more.
If you’re interested, send us a message, leave a comment below or visit AwayTeam Web for more details.
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