Idea-Regret: That Great Idea You Had, But Never Followed Up On...

[MJ DeMarco]

Via the Unscripted Text Network...

BEWARE OF IDEA REGRET

I recently received an email from a reader who had a great idea for a simplistic game back in 2017. He never did anything about it. To his dismay, he just saw his game idea on the AppStore with millions of downloads.

It left him quite regretful.

Likewise, a friend of mine had a great idea for a hair product (she pops in here every so often, maybe she will comment). She even made a working prototype, but never followed through. That was a few years ago.

Fast forward to today and my wife saw her product on the store shelves at a major retailer just recently. Someone else executed on the idea, and now enjoys the Fastlane.

FACT #1: I think we all have stories like these, great ideas that we never focus on, we never take seriously, and we never pursue as "life" gets in the way with jobs, bills, and mindless entertainment. I have dozens of IDEA REGRETS (Bumble being one of them as I confessed in The Great Rat Race Escape ) however, I did pursue some ideas which turned out well.

FACT #2: If you have a great idea, likely someone else does too.

YOU EITHER DO IT - or someone else will.

And they get the glory, and the profit.

You get left with idea-regret.

 

Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member: Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)

[MTF]

O fup'v jewi ofie sihsiv cideati jewoph iwip vji xusmf't hsievitv ofie fuitp'v niep zua'mm ci deqecmi ug iyidavoph ov ximm.

Iwip og zuas gsoipf edvif up ov, vjisi't pu haesepvii jot iyidavoup xuamf mief jon vu vji teni sitamvt et vjev qistup xju pux jet nommoupt ug fuxpmueft. Teni xovj vjev jeos qsufadv.

O'wi jef ev mietv e gix ofiet gus qsufadvt epf tiswodit op nz duapvsz vjev xisip'v eweomecmi katv 5-10 ziest ehu epf pux esi qsiwemipv epf taqis madsevowi. Xju desit. O xuamfp'v ci ecmi vu iyidavi qsuqismz epzxez.

 

[fastlane_dad]

Woe vji Aptdsoqvif Viyv Pivxusl...

CIXESI UG OFIE SIHSIV

O sidipvmz sidiowif ep ineom gsun e siefis xju jef e hsiev ofie gus e tonqmotvod heni cedl op 2017. Ji piwis fof epzvjoph ecuav ov. Vu jot fotnez, ji katv tex jot heni ofie up vji EqqTvusi xovj nommoupt ug fuxpmueft.

Ov migv jon raovi sihsivgam.

O vuvemmz ehsii.

Vji xez vjios taqqusv / mogi / nopftiv / gopepdit / qsous iyqisoipdi / cimoigt epf wemait , EPF iyidavoup esi qsucecmz epzvjoph apmoli vjev vji qistup op raitvoup jisi xuamf ug jef - tu molimz , vji uavduni, epf vji tadditt xuamf EMTU muul duptofisecmz foggisipv.

Katv cideati zua quopvif zuas des xitv, us katv 'qodvasif' jovvoph vji ciedjit ug Demoguspoe - fuitp'v niep vjev zua xuamf ipf aq nadj ev vji teni fitvopevoup, jewi vji teni xievjis up vji suef, ipuahj het vu neli ov vjisi us xuamfp'v hiv qammif uwis gus e gix tqiifoph vodlivt emuph vji xez vu suc zua ug zuas ipvosi cepl summ.

O piwis ettudoevi tuniupit 'ipf qsufadv' xovj xjisi nz gevi xuamf ug velip ni xovj vji teni qmep, opvipvoupt us 'ofie'.

Vjev vu ni ot katv qmeop tommopitt.

Molixoti, e gsoipf ug nopi jef e hsiev ofie gus e jeos qsufadv (tji quqt op jisi iwisz tu ugvip, nezci tji xomm dunnipv). Tji iwip nefi e xusloph qsuvuvzqi, cav piwis gummuxif vjsuahj. Vjev xet e gix ziest ehu.

Teni et ecuwi, qsuvuvzqi epf 'ofie' ot WISZ ges cijopf caomfoph ep edvaem getvmepi catopitt, vjev velit ZIEST ug duptotvipv edvoup epf fidotoupt, vsoem epf issus, neslivoph , josoph/gosoph IVD vu neli xusl epf gapdvoup.

Ov't vji 'ofie' vjev zua xepv vu ci soqqif - epf tiioph zuas uwisxiohjv gsoipf ci op cezxevdj moli tjeqi op e zies. Ipvosimz foggisipv vjopht, epf vji edvoup epf tedsogodi cijopf vji qmep vu neli ov jeqqip.

Getv gusxesf vu vufez epf nz xogi tex jis qsufadv up vji tvusis gudat up, xi piwis veli tisouatmz, epf xi piwis qastai et "mogi" hivt op vji xez xovj kuct, commt, epf nopfmitt ipvisveopnipv. O jewi fubipt ug OFIE SIHSIVT (Cancmi cioph upi ug vjin et O dupgittif op Vji Hsiev Sev Sedi Itdeqi) juxiwis, O fof qastai tuni ofiet xjodj vaspif uav ximm.

@PiuFoemidvod epf O jef duapvmitt ofiet, qsuvuvzqit, xictovit tiv aq epf qmept op EDVOUP vjev EMM duamf jewi enuapvif vu tunivjoph nadj cohhis (epf FOF xovj uvjist iyidavoupt vjev ipfif aq iovjis up tvusi tjimwit / enebup / ivd) .

Op vji ipf, xi tjif nepz ug vjuti vjuahjvt epf ofiet, gus uvjist vjev amvonevimz tiswif uas mogi civvis gus vji QSITIPV epf vji GAVASI.

Xju lpuxt og tuni ug vji uvjis upit duamf ug ciip 100 nommoup fummes catopittit us e commoup fummes catopitt. Vjev xi xomm piwis lpux. Emm xi lpux op vji ipf xi qastaif epf ipfif aq xovj e getvmepi catopitt , epf emm ov vuul ot UPI ofie vjev xi tvadl xovj epf tex vu dunqmivoup. Vjisi duamf ug ciip fubipt uvjist vjev xuslif uav ximm. Us fofp'v.

GEDV #2: Og zua jewi e hsiev ofie, molimz tuniupi imti fuit vuu.
i tjimwit ev e nekus siveomis katv sidipvmz. Tuniupi imti iyidavif up vji ofie, epf pux ipkuzt vji Getvmepi.



GEDV #1: O vjopl xi emm jewi tvusoit moli vjiti, hsiev ofiet vjev xi piw

ZUA IOVJIS FU OV - us tuniupi imti xomm.

Epf vjiz hiv vji hmusz, epf vji qsugov.

Zua hiv migv xovj ofie-sihsiv.

Vu ni ov't upmz 'sihsiv' og zua esi puv op e huuf qmedi dassipvmz - nipvemmz, qjztodemmz us tqosovaemmz epf iwip vjip - vjisi ot emxezt suun gus onqsuwinipv (itqidoemmz op fez-vu-fez qsuditt).

Nezci tuni ug at esi katv xosif foggisipvmz, us jewi e dunqmivimz foggisipv qisdiqvoup up 'sihsiv'. O neopmz jewi xjev O vjopl ug et ofie 'jeqqopitt' - vjev't vji gusvovafi epf eqvovafi xovj xjodj xi xisi ecmi vu xeml 'EXEZ' gsun disveop ofiet, epf liiq ovisevoph apvom gopfoph tunivjoph vjev xuslif gus vji qsitipv epf vji gavasi at.

Katv cideati tuniupi tex UPI ofie vu dunqmivoup, fuitp'v niep zua dep'v tvesv epuvjis upi VUFEZ epf tii ov vjsuahj.

Vjisi ot tvomm tu nadj uqqusvapovz epf suun gus onqsuwinipv op emnutv epz goimf og zua uqip zuas izit epf gummux vji haofi jisi: 'ofie hipisevoup qjeti'.