The chances are whatever you tell yourself they are.
Most great work never happens because there’s a chance of failure, there’s a chance someone might not like it, there’s a chance no angel will invest in it.
The innate decision to declare what the chances really are to you is what I dub Pulling Wisdom.
When you get your wisdom teeth pulled (it’s now seven hours post-operation for me), before any work is done the surgeon tells you all the risks. He even lays them out to you in a list you have to read and sign off. He says there’s a 10 percent chance of this happening and a 1 percent chance of that happening. You may feel drowsy and some people vomit after.
How is this process (that so many people go through) differ any from launching a new project, starting a business, writing a book, creating a new mobile app?
You can tell yourself there’s a 10 percent chance this particular group of people won’t like your art and a 1 percent chance that you will get an investor to fund everything you dreamed up. You may feel fear along the way, you might fail, and yes, some people vomit after.
Pull out your notes, write out the risks of your venture, state what the chances of this or that happening are and then sign off on it.
There may be people who are more qualified to be a surgeon than you, and I would never suggest you pull your own wisdom teeth out, but no one is better at getting what you want than you. No one is better at turning ideas into actions and actions into art.
The risks are the same for everyone. You just have to sign off on it.
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