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I watched Doctor Who, and the first (new) season is terrible when confronted with the latest ones.

This should be a reminder to everyone afraid of starting something you because “they suck”.

Everyone is terrible the first time, doesn’t matter the money or the power.

Hashtags were first used in twitter as a way to categorize the content and making it more browsable by the users.

If two people used the same hashtag you could see both of the tweets (given that you clicked on the hashtags itself).

Facebook also started using hashtags for the same reason, but given the different type of user I see that many people uses hashtags to condensate a concept or a catchphrase.

So, basically they reduce the power of their words by reducing the content.
You don’t express the full range of emotion through words, but you express it through simple messages, way smaller the what you’re feeling.

It’s up to you to decide how to express yourself in your life. When in november I did a trip to japan everyday I would post a photo with a long description of what I liked and what made me astonished (in a good way).
People loved it, because it allowed them to live a small moment of my life, to see with my eyes.
It was nice, and I felt like a small japan-guide 😀

It’s easy to shorten words, to use them less, to use tags.
But we’re humans. And although it’s funny when we use these new tools, we always receive and live more when we are back to our roots.

Not all people think of life as a marathon.

Often they see it as a sprint “If I’ll do this now, then I’ll get X”, so the are well aware that they can do more, and they do it for a specific benefit.

Here’s the thing: I was not gifted.
I have eyeglasses, bad posture, terrible memory.

Years ago I decided that I wanted to learn to sing. So I started taking lessons and I kept taking lessons.
Years later I sing way better than the majority of people.

Would a gifted singer do better? Probably.
Would a gifted singer without applying do better? It depends

Now, you can’t compete with DNA talent. Some are born that way.
But you can compete on laziness, on not applying.

I am not gifted, but I am tenacious, and tenacity was the key to me succeeding in my goal.
Now, everyone can be tenacious.
You don’t need any kind of DNA property aside from some kind of tollerance to failure, because guess what, you’ll fail often.

The first times I sung were terrible. Seriously unwatchable.
But I got better over time, maybe it took me more, maybe I could have done it faster, but in the long run I got the expected result.

Plan your life on the long run, not on the sprints.
(Example: Fitness, don’t think about the bikini phase, plan for the long run.
Eating, same thing.
Work, same thing).

I sell deodorants as a side business, a really nice business. I decided to find a way to produce them because on the italian market there weren’t any of that.

Natural, effective, good smell.

It’s almost one year since that, business is going slowly but well. I don’t do advertising of any kind, people know the product only from mouth to mouth.

One day I discovered that they were trying to copy the product, which, you know, is something that might happen.
And that idea made me worry a little bit. It made me wonder what would happen if someone with 10th times the money I have would invest in such a product.

Would they succeed? Would they fail?

I always got the impression that the more the money, the more the success, and I’m pretty sure that given the money you can find some skilled people to do a remarkable job in any context.

That said, there is a difference that make me cling to the idea that I stand a (small) chance.
Advertising.

Advertising has a cost.
A big cost.
A cost I don’t have nor want to sustain (mostly because of how I see advertising).

That cost, reduces the effectiveness of their investment. So they would need more money to be effective.
They would still have that money though, so although I have this advantage, it can’t last forever.

Which leads to the conclusion of the thought.
Should I worry?

If I can’t produce a better product, than it’s ok if I fail, because I’m not helping the market.
If I have a superior product with a good brand, then it’s harder to fail miserably.

Either way, it’s good.

If you ever find yourself going crazy over an argument, it’s time to step back.