Yesterday I mentioned I’m starting to realize what I don’t know, and, what I need to know to make a successful shift to living an excellent adventure. For me it’s a lot of tekky stuff. The minute I just THINK about doing tekky stuff I want to stick knitting needles in my eyeballs.

I tell myself – I’d rather write a few articles. Or, it’s easier to get a new client offline. Or, I’ll do both. Sure, I’ve blogged before. Heck, I’ve been doing online networking for seven years – but now my aim is to make it all an integral part of my business and make it work together. Totally different. And for me, not always fun. Not yet anyway.

Because when I click on a button and it doesn’t work or doesn’t hook together two things that are supposed to hook together – I just want to fall into a heap and cry. I really do.

There is this tendency (I wrote about this in my book) for home-based business owners – especially women, to think they have to research and know everything before they can actually launch and get out there. If they have a business selling lotions and potions they have to know absolutely everything about the product so they can answer any possible question. Right down to the mollecular structure. If a woman wants to start an internet business she wants to study every comparable website out there before making a move.

So, we tend to get understandably upset when we see a guy who doesn’t seem to know nearly as much as us – and they just jump in and scoop up the customers and the market we were researching, studying and planning to get into for so long.

The difference? He may not have the technical knowledge. But he has the confidence perhaps you lack and he took action. You may still be safely ensconced in your comfort zone.

Business is not a research project. It’s about taking action. In fact, life is about taking action, too. What action do you need to take that you’ve been holding off on?

NOTE: Tomorrow’s post will be about “The Paradox of Learning.” Come back for the rest of the story.