Josh Kaufman

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Do To Become

Want to be somebody?

Do something. Then do it again. And again. And again.

  • Want to be an artist? Make some art. Then do it again. And again. And again.
  • Want to be a writer? Write something. Then do it again. And again. And again.
  • Want to be a performer? Perform something. Then do it again. And again. And again.
  • Want to be an entrepreneur? Start a business. Make it better. Then do it again. And again. And again.

You get the picture. If you want to be, you have to be willing to do.

Artists make art. Writers write. Performers perform. Entrepreneurs start businesses.

That's the challenge: you have to do to become. No doing, no becoming. Labels are meaningless.

And when you start doing things often enough, you start to realize the doing is way more valuable than the becoming anyway.

Published: March 24, 2015 Last updated: January 21, 2019