The Fine Balance Between Learning & Doing
A Lesson From A Mentor Of Mine
In the past few months, we have had conversations with and learned from some very successful individuals. Throughout these conversations, there has been a recurring theme that has stood out to me and has changed the way I approach things.
Starting anything is always going to be the hardest part, whether it is a job, a new business, a new fitness plan, or a new stage of education. Taking that first step and committing to something new feels like an incredibly big deal at the time.
This process can be broken down into three main stages: knowledge, application, and implementation.
Knowledge
Since we have a podcast, I am going to use it as an example to illustrate the process.
Before we started the podcast, we needed to have some basic knowledge of what a podcast is, how it is typically presented and some of the things we will have to do to get it up and running.
We made multiple note documents with names of potential guests, long lists of names for the podcast, and different logo variations.
It was exciting and was a necessary stage in the process but unfortunately, this is where most people get stuck. They focus too much on learning rather than applying what they have learned.
Eventually, it just becomes a form of procrastination and doesn’t move it any closer to happening. This is why you need to have some…
Application
You need to actually apply the knowledge you have acquired. We could have put any old name on that list and had some of the most brilliant podcast names on earth. But none of it matters until the guests are seated in front of us.
The application stage is where most of the hard work is done. We had to find a studio, we had to reach out to the guests, and then sit down with no experience and speak to them on camera for an hour or more.
It’s a pretty big shift from the knowledge stage.
However, we could film hundreds of episodes, have some of the most incredible guests in the world on our podcast, chop it up into short form, write all the descriptions, and make all the thumbnails.
Implementation
But none of it matters unless you implement what you have done in the previous two stages.
The only way to grow a podcast is to, well, actually post the podcasts. All of the work in the application doesn’t mean much unless you can search for us on YouTube to find the podcast.
Recording the podcast is one thing, but posting it out on the internet is another.
What does this mean for you?
It’s all well and good saying you are going to do something. It’s easy to write a plan on a note doc and it’s easy to get everything ready and prepared but without implementing it all, you are going to struggle to see results.
What you will find is that you gain the most knowledge from the implementation stage. You gain real experience and receive feedback from the world around you, which allows you to adjust the application and improve the implementation.
Both Lynden & Ellis spoke about this in the first two episodes.
Focusing on doing is a powerful tool that will 10X the speed of your results and make you better at your chosen pursuit as a result.
Here is a little video that will solidify the learning from this newsletter. Big up Chris Williamson!
That’s it from us.
Do the thing.
It will be worth it.
Progressus Network