There is always a sense of excitement in the air when starting something new. The initial pop-up of the idea , the self-inquiry, long discussions with near and dear ones( also called friends) is an enjoying expereince. And its fun, only to those whose life doesnot depend on that idea.
There exists a set of people, who seem not to be satisified with the way how their life goes on. They are not content with life style of working in a 9-6 setup, which includes big T breaks, internet browsing, and time for personal things. And yes, large pay packets. And dont realize that they fall into the top 5% richest Indians category. However, they want to do something different, something independant. This type of thinking brings lot of ideas, which they promptly discuss with friends(mostly on emails), talks of investments, expenditures, market shares and profits. And they get all these numbers right. They congratulate each other for a wonderful idea.
As days move on, most people gets involved in their convenient schedules ( as mentioned in the above para). Some people make that initial attempt to take their idea further. On first difficulty, its dropped. A little later, its as if, things discussed above have never happened in real world.
There is no concrete reason as to why ideas dont get transformed into actions. But mostly I think, there are three reasons for this pattern. First, The person who got this idea generally created the hype without actually doing the study, Second, the passion with which the idea has generated is diluted with the participation of the large number of people, who are mostly carried away by the general talking and lack of any substance. Third, no guts. That extra thing, that next action, that second step, actually makes a difference.
People who have taken ‘that’ step , have made ‘the’ difference.
Ps: As for me, I am involved in quite a few step 1’s and as for that elusive step 2, I am still waiting. Seems like, thats the only option I have, now.
