sagmagbw - Tumblr blog

[sagmagbw]

Photo Credit: Tseng Kwong Chi

[sagmagbw]

Nancy Kwan

[sagmagbw]

Election night in Wellington, NZ (1931).

[sagmagbw]

Tombstone Tigers baseball team, circa 1880's.

[sagmagbw]

Julius Erving (Dr. J) at the ABA dunk contest in Denver.

[sagmagbw]

Execute Now: Sagmag BW No. 1

Download the PDF

Everybody has ideas. Your friends have ideas. Your co-workers have ideas. CEOs have ideas. Guys asking for change at the subway station have ideas. And, of course, you have ideas. There’s no shortage of ideas in this world, so why do some ideas take off while others fall flat?

Well, some ideas are just bad. Like the McHotdog. Who knew McDonald’s could find a way to make their meat even more questionable? But plenty of people have great ideas that never go anywhere.

How often have you heard someone proclaim, “I had the idea for that product before it even came out?” Well, that person may have had the idea, but so did someone else—and that other person believed in it enough to put in a lot of time and hard work to make it happen.

The world is full of spectators who sit around and talk. Be a player in the game, not a member of the audience.

Having an idea is not special. Following through on it, though, is what separates successful people from the rest.

If you have an idea that you’re passionate about, the worst thing you can do is put it on the table for later. Execute it immediately. Don’t put it off until next month. Don’t even put if off until next week. Put your plan into action today.

Yes, there are barriers that come with ideas. Will people like it? Do people need it? Will you be able to present and execute it?

If you create something new, you’re going to have people tell you that it’s not worth it and you won’t be able to do it. Ignore it. We’re not saying spend your life savings on something without doing some testing, but start small. Put together a prototype. Show it to people and get feedback.

Set yourself apart from the crowd. The world is full of spectators who sit around and talk. Be a player in the game, not a member of the audience. Execute now.

[sagmagbw]

New Content Coming

We're excited to officially unveil some Sagmag BW content.

Finally, right?

Here's the thing: we want everybody to succeed in what they do, so we've written some quick articles aimed at helping you do just that.

Obviously we don't know everything. In fact, we're still trying to read stuff and figure a lot of things out ourselves. These are just some tips and hints that have helped some people here succeed in their own exploits. Hopefully they'll work for you too.

Starting in about 5 minutes, we'll be releasing the articles on a weekly basis in a downloadable PDF format. We'll also be posting the full text if you prefer reading articles that way.

But our PDFs are kind of cool-looking, so maybe you could give them a try. Or not. Totally up to you.

[sagmagbw]