5 lessons I have learned this year so far

The holiday season is nearly over and we had some time to relax, organize our thoughts and reach some conclusions. So I decided to share my 5 greatest learnings for this year so far.

• When you enter to a new market the list of things you know about the true nature of the market is on this picture:

• Many time times there are multiple good solutions that could block your mind to take action aka perfectionism is not always a good thing

Many times there is not just one solution, there are multiple good solutions and we want to find the BEST, because spending time trying to find the BEST solution is tempting. Sometimes we lose so much time with it instead of just picking a good one.

• You have to accept that you will never fully know all the steps just after you reached your goal

Okay, let’s say you need 10 different steps altogether to reach the goal and you know 7 of them, but you have no idea how to solve the missing 3 in the beginning. Sometimes you don’t even know that you need some of those steps. First of all you have to accept that those will be there, but not scared of them and don’t let this block you from starting the process. Yes, you have to deal with these 3 problems as soon as you can, but remember you don’t need a perfect solution, just a good one.

• The environment is never ideal

What kept me waiting to take risks and start doing action was that I was waiting for the perfect moment and the problem is that there will always be problems and missing info etc. There is no thing such a perfect moment, I need to adapt to the situations and figure it out how to solve the actual problem.

• Focusing on multiple things is not a bad thing

I read it many times that one of the most important thing is to pick one idea and focus on that one only. I think because the environment is never ideal we are doing multiple things anyway even if we are aiming for one goal therefore I allowed myself to build a mixed portfolio of clients that include project management, ecommerce consultation and other related services. I realised that it is not bad, multiple income could lead to more stable finances and I can work on all my dreams at the same time.

So what are your key learnings for this year so far?