Dougy Mak’s Blog

Fear keeps us from excelling to great heights and limits are potential rewards. Much of the time, I have these big ideas for websites and before even giving a whack at it, I give up.  The thought of all the work it would take and the lack of resources I have access to, it just scares me and I end up scrapping the idea because it would take too long. What scares me more is the huge competitors or the thought of someone out doing me because he/she has the resource and funding. However, overtime I began caring less about these things. I developed a style and a mindset that works for me. I learned to not give a shit about my competitors; I will not let their success intimidate me. No matter how big my competitor is, they can never monopolize. I will always be able to take a part of their audience, even if it’s a tiny bit. There will be people who prefer something about your website over the other. For example, as a consumer, like many other people, I support the local mom and pop shops over corporate chains. I find myself going to a privately owned pizza joint all the time.

Another way I’ve changed is, instead of looking at the big picture as a whole, I’ve broken down the big picture into little pieces. It’s good to see the big picture, but it can be intimidating when thinking about painting it as a whole. However, it may seem less intimidating if I thought about painting small parts of the picture at a time. Paint a corner here and paint a section there and then you’ll begin noticing how these small steps add up and how effective this strategy is. Instead of going crazy about every little problem in the whole picture, worry about a piece at a time. This would provide psychological comfort by helping me calm my mind. The milestone would help me feel like I’m making progress thus producing more satisfaction and having a milestone would help keep me more motivated. So in the end, I have to tell myself: don’t worry about other people, just worry about yourself. Just keep doing what you like and what you’re passionate about and the success will follow.