Embarking on a New Endeavor

"Whenever you embark on any new endeavor, you will be beset by countless little problems, details, unexpected irritations, difficult and dishonest people of all kinds.  They go with the territory.  They are an unavoidable part of the price you have to pay to accomplish anything new or worthwhile." (Brian Tracy, "Success is a Journey", p.84)

It seems to me that whenever you start a new project or begin a new idea there is a learning curve, a discovery of things you never knew you never knew.  The little problems and details come up because, at the start, you are unprepared for the situation.  But life teaches you what you need to know, if you are willing to learn from the experiences.  Most of the people I have dealt with so far, are unwilling to learn and falsely believe that everything should just work for them (maybe because they are somehow special).  But once you learn that thing you are prepared to work through or deal with those issues.  

Dishonesty is just something you have to deal with and be prepared for.  I believe that most people are honest, or trying to be so.  There are, however, enough people who allow themselves to be dishonest that you have to be prepared for the situation.  When we are preparing for a project we get at least 3 bids.  The lowest and the highest bids are often filled with problems.  The lowest bid provides a number, better than the rest, but then you find all the hidden charges on the back-end.  The highest number just builds those back-end cost up front.  So the middle bid is usually the most honest bid.

In spite of the problems of starting something new or worthwhile, it is still worth it.  We don't abandon ship just because there is a storm or something unpleasant.  We learn how to deal with the problem or learn how to avoid the problem in the future.  But we must learn to press on and make our visions of the future a reality.