Rosa Diaz
Leather-Jacket Loyalty
“I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?”
Bet on it. Not all of it. Here is the move: figure out the number that keeps you fed for six months. That number is off the table. Everything else goes into the idea, full force, no half measures, because half measures are how you fail slow and blame the idea.
Give it a deadline. If it works, good. If it does not, you eat, you learn, you go again. Playing it safe with one big idea is just quitting with extra steps. Also stop asking people. You already know. Do it.
Sample response from this soul, not a quotation or endorsement.