Surface area for bad luck

For the first time, I’m trying to allow myself to take the time a project needs before launching.

It’s nice to be slow with intention.

But I also realised, the longer it takes, the more openings for imposter syndrome and self doubt to creep in. I start to entertain more passing thoughts that it’s not good enough. I ask for feedback, and the more feedback I get the more negative ones I receive too. Sometimes the negative ones get pass the rationality filter and adds to my self doubt.

I think I should launch soon, otherwise I’ll talk myself out of launching! To be honest, I’m also starting to feel impatience with constantly building and refining. At this stage, it’s probably better to push it out into the wild, and get real feedback from real customers.

This got me thinking about surface area for bad luck. That by extending the time needed for the project without a hard deadline, I might be unintentionally giving openings for more ‘bad luck’ to happen.

Just as there’s ways to increase surface area for luck to happen, there’s also surface area for bad luck.

If preparation on the right things and conditions bring good luck and opportunities, the wrong things bring crisis, drama, negativity. Another good example is who you hang out with. They say we are the sum of the 5 people we hang out with the most. Being around good, strong, healthy, positive people means you’ll be a bit of that too. Being around negative folks brings more drama, stress and toxicity.

Likewise for my project.

It’s time to launch!