The Power of the 85% Rule

How to start anything

Have you ever wanted to start something but didn’t? Maybe you wanted to learn a new skill or get into the stock market but didn’t have the knowledge or the time. Maybe you were too afraid and didn’t want to be laughed at. I like many people know exactly how you feel and I’m here to tell you there’s a way to get past that, it’s called the 85% rule.

“ Doing 85% of something is better than doing nothing at all ”, Says Ramit Sethi author of “I Will Teach You To Be Rich.” This book as you may guess is a finance book tailored towards people in the mid to early 20’s. Ramit emphasis time and time again that giving 85% is a heck of a lot better than not giving anything. When I first read that quote I thought about all the situations where I could’ve done something but didn’t because I didn’t know much about it, or I didn’t want to be laughed at. If I would’ve just given some type of effort to that activity I would have gotten somewhere with it.

If the 85% rule just doesn’t cut it for you for whatever reason then try and give just a little bit to whatever it is that you want to do. If that’s 60% then it’s 60% if it’s 1% then it’s 1%.

Takeaway

So if you want to start that business put a little time into trying to getting it started. If you want to get into stock marketing but don’t know much about it then just remember that giving 85% to something is a heck of a lot better than nothing at all. I know that saying just start may sound easier than it seems but it give it a try and tell me what you think down below.