If something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing now. It’s best when the feeling is right, and the circumstances are right.
· Not tomorrow: What do you gain by waiting? To wait to see if you still feel that way. If you’re ready, trust your instincts.
· Not some more convenient season: Waiting often diminishes momentum, enthusiasm, and support. A season may be a lifetime and good ideas won’t wait.
· Now is the accepted time: The appropriate time. To get fully involved and make it happen.
· Plan appropriately: communicate, consider options, build a model, test your theories, get feedback, take a last look, take a deep breath, and go.
Every project I was involved in, we followed a plan. Any plan will do if you get everyone participating in its development and timeline. Everyone responsible for learning the ‘big’ plan, devising and perfecting their part of it, cross-communicating as the plan unfolds, adjusting in real time, keeping focus, and just keep communicating. Big or little: opening a casino or preparing a presentation; getting ready for a new employee or inspiring an existing one; planning a new product or planning a trip. When ready, get to it. No more reason to wait. Make it your best work. Today.
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868 – 1963): American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
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