⫹⫺ Everyone Was a Beginner

For the Creators, Makers & Doers - CMMN WLTH 048

Dec 20, 2021

Hello my friends,

The internet’s most profound creative advice is two words — “just start”.

Launch the website, press send, ship the product and so on.

Over the weekend I was talking to a friend, who recently launched a product, about the emotional rollercoaster you board when starting something new.

It’s been almost a year since I sent the first edition of CMMN WLTH and while I still find it challenging the experience has been transformative.

From friendly introductions to opportunities to collaborate, putting this newsletter out into the ether has done more for me than LinkedIn and all other networking events combined.

If you’re thinking about launching something or perhaps hesitating, take solace in the fact that even the most influential creative minds were once beginners.

Naval Ravikant’s first tweets. One of the most quoted thinkers on the planet with Twitter 1.5M followers

When you “just start” you immediately open a feedback loop between you and your consumer. The theory is replaced by direct evidence of what works and what doesn’t.

There’s no doubt that it takes confidence and vulnerability to cross the threshold but I promise you, it’s an investment that exposes you to infinite upside with almost zero downside.

To being a beginner,

— Andy

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