Many times, when faced with a good opportunity or a chance that they can give it a try, most people think of "wait a little longer, I'm not ready yet". Faced with the unknown, they can't help but think of quitting. , wanting to wait until everything is ready to reduce risks. Share an inspirational article from a successful person: Action comes before preparation. Welcome to read:

In 1966, a 16-year-old boy with dyslexia dropped out of school. With the help of a friend, he started a magazine for students, making money by selling ads to local businessmen. With the meager capital he had when he started, he still had a studio in a local church.

Four years later, he began to find ways to expand the scale of the magazine and launch a record mail-order business for every classmate who bought the magazine. The records sold well, so he opened his first record store the next year. After two years of selling, he decided to start his own record label and recording studio.

He rented the studio to local artists, including Mike Oldfield. In that small recording studio, Oldfield composed his famous song-"Tubular Bells", which was also the first time the record was released publicly. That song successfully sold 5 million copies.

Over the next decade, the young man grew his record label by signing bands such as the Sex Guns, Culture Club, and the Rolling Stones. Along the way, he also continued to expand and build new companies: aviation business, railway transportation, mobile phone brands and many others. Nearly 50 years later, he has more than 400 companies under his umbrella.

Now, the little boy who dropped out of school who once lacked experience and knowledge has become a billionaire by constantly trying new things. He is Mr. Richard Branson.

How I met Mr. Richard Branson

Two years ago, when I walked into a conference room in Moscow, I was ten years away from Mr. Branson. Sit down somewhere far away. There were over 100 other people around us, but it still felt like I was in a living room talking to everyone. He was always smiling and his answers were improvised and full of wit.

For a moment, he told the story of the founding of Virgin Atlantic, a story that seemed to connect with his entire career and life. Here are his exact words, as best I can remember:

When I was in my early twenties, I had my career, but no one knew who I was at that time. There was a beautiful girl waiting for me on Virgin Island, so, um, I decided to get there on time.

At the airport, my last flight to Virgin Island was canceled due to aircraft maintenance or other reasons. That was the last flight that night. I thought this was ridiculous, so I wanted to rent a private jet to take me to Virgin Island, but I didn't have the money to do that.

At this time, I picked up a small blackboard and wrote on it "Virgin Island flight, $29 per person". Taking the small blackboard, I went to the passengers whose flights were also canceled. I sold all the remaining seats on the plane, used the money to pay for the rental of the private jet, and we all made it to Virgin Island that night. --Richard Branson

After a while, I stood up and stood shoulder to shoulder with him (he was about six feet tall) and thanked him so much for sharing this moment with us. .

Good Habits of Successful People

After speaking with our group, Branson conducted a panel discussion with business experts about the future of business.

Although everyone around him was immersed in business jargon and actively discussing planning ideas for the future, only Branson said: "Forget it, let's accept reality and work hard. ” Followed by: “Why can’t we control our own trajectory?”

I looked around at the entire group and realized that it was exactly this logic that sounded simplest and clearest that a billionaire believed. There can be.

“What’s the biggest difference between Branson and every one of us here?”

Here’s what I think makes him special:

Branson doesn’t He didn't just say, "Forget it, just accept the reality and work hard." He actually practiced this in his life. After dropping out of school, he started his own business. When everyone thought the Sex Guns were hugely controversial, he decided to sign a record deal with them. He managed to rent a plane even when he had no ability to pay.

While everyone else was holding back or looking for reasons why the timing wasn't right, Branson was already doing it. He succeeds in not procrastinating and getting started early - even if that seems unlikely at times.

Start taking action now

Branson is a special case, but we can still learn useful things from his experience.

If you wanted to sum up the good habits of all successful people into one sentence, it would be: successful people act before mature preparation.

If anyone can exemplify the phrase “act before an idea matures,” it’s Branson. The name of his business empire, "Virgin", comes from the fact that when Branson and his companions started working together in business, they were all novices with no experience.

Branson has started many companies, joint ventures, charities and ventures. Quite simply, it is not possible that he started these businesses when he fully thought about it, was ready and capable. of. In fact, it is impossible for him to have enough ability and sufficient preparation to start these companies. He had never flown a flight and had no knowledge of aircraft engineering, but he started the airline anyway.

He is the perfect example of "choices favor those who choose them."

If you are doing something important, you will never feel ready. One result of choosing a challenging job is that you will be driven forward by a mixture of excitement and confusion.

You will definitely feel uncertain, unprepared or incompetent. But what I want you to understand is this: What you have right now is enough. You can plan, hesitate, and perfect what you want, but trust me, what you have now is enough to get started.

It doesn’t matter what you want to start, start a business, start losing weight, start writing a book, or achieve any number of goals…who you are and what you have at this moment, what you know is enough So that you can have a new start.

We all have the same starting point: no funds, no resources, no connections, and no experience. But the difference is that the winners finally choose to start. No matter where you are in the world, no matter what you are doing, I hope you will start before you think you are ready.