You. Must. Start.

ByMatthew

You don’t have to be great to start. But you have to start to be great. – Zig Ziglar

Zig’s down-home (often ‘aww-shucks’) words are f’ing genius.

So often he can say in a sentence (and not a long one at that) what others take paragraphs or pages to say.

His words above are your invitation to put aside any fears or hesitations about starting because you don’t feel you know enough, or are good enough.

You will learn, but only by doing.

You will improve, but only by doing.

You will get better and better – and one day be great – by doing.

But none of that happens until you start.

Start.

Now.

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