As long as you are alive, it's never too late. You can always start over. You can always get better. You can rise up from anything. Nothing is permanent. You're not stuck. All that matters is that you decide today and never look back. You don't need the perfect setup. You just need to start. The rest you'll figure it out along the way. That's how progress works: First you move. Then you improve. The only mistake is waiting. -DM
You have access to everything you need to. You just have to start, Dan.
Yes. And the part people forget is this: you don’t need confidence to start, you gain confidence from starting. One step creates the next one.
Every step forward beats standing still. Starting imperfectly and learning as you go is how real growth happens.
Crazy how most people wait their whole life for the ‘perfect moment’… meanwhile the ones who win just start with whatever they’ve got. This hit hard. Starting messy > waiting forever.
Dan Martell Yeah, this is exactly how it plays out with ops too. Most founders wait for the perfect CRM or funnel, but the ones who let us ship a messy first version in GoHighLevel and Zapier at Veritas get momentum fast then refine the automation while they are already moving.
Trying to stand out is already exhausting. I would suggest, try becoming "the only one". Because once you stop fighting for attention and start defining your own lane, everything about your positioning gets clearer. Here are 5 simple shifts that turn what you already know into premium positioning: 1. Sell outcomes, not activities. People don’t buy “services.” They buy the result they can depend on. Think: Not “I help with strategy,” but “I help ventures become underwriteable so capital moves faster.” 2. Name your method. A named system feels like IP. It tells people you know what you’re doing. It’s the difference between “we help with positioning” and “Identity Architecture for emerging markets.” 3. Own one problem. Not everything. Just the one you solve better than anyone else. Like being the operator who fixes underwriteability instead of “doing consulting.” 4. Use your story as the edge. Your background, your lens, your experience... that’s the part no one can copy. Let it shape your positioning instead of hiding it. 5. Turn your expertise into frameworks. Step-by-step systems people can't Google or replace. How long will you keep competing in saturation when you could be creating your own category?
Dan, Your words capture something most of us learn the slow way. I’ve restarted chapters in my own life more times than I can count, and every one of them began with a small step that felt almost too simple to matter. It turns out those tiny moves are usually the ones that change everything. Keep sharing this kind of encouragement. 💜
Life changes the moment a person chooses action over rumination. Impermanence becomes permission to begin again. Growth follows movement, not certainty. Strength reveals itself through persistence.Dan Martell
Most people wait for the perfect moment, but momentum only starts once you take the first imperfect step.
Clarity comes when you're aligned. Start now, and you'll figure it out as you go.