I get this quite a bit.
A newbie writer,
someone who hasn’t finished
a story,
comes up to me
and asks me
how to hit the USA Today Bestseller list.
Or a entrepreneur-wannabe,
someone who doesn’t even have an idea,
asks me
how to build a billion dollar business.
“Look, we know
you’re at square A
and
want to get to square Z.
We all want to get to square Z.
But today you’re at “A”
and I want to know
what your plan is
to get to square B.
If you can’t answer that,
you’re unfocused.
Besides, your move
from square A to square B
is where we overlap
and where we can work together.
I can’t help you jump to square Z.
(Nobody can.)”
Focus on getting to the next level.