Don’t Get Stuck In Learning Mode!

Someone shared a comment from one of their subscribers with me this week, and it stuck in my head.

The subscriber had just signed up for an autoresponder service and started building their email list. So far, so good. But then they added:

“It’s all a bit new to me – I’ve been stuck in learning mode for years.”

Years

 

Now, if you were training to be a brain surgeon, I’d say fair enough — best not to wing it on your first day.

Same goes if you’re aiming to become a concert pianist. There’s a reason people don’t get up on stage at the Royal Albert Hall after watching a couple of YouTube videos on Chopin.

But building an online business? Playing around with email marketing? This is not life-or-death stuff.

I was in “learning mode” for about ten bloody minutes before I started mucking around with things. I broke a few things. I made a lot of mistakes. And I learned more from doing than I ever could have from another course, ebook, or webinar.

Don’t get me wrong — there is a learning curve. There’s jargon to understand, tools to figure out, and strategies to test. But that shouldn’t take years. You do not need a PhD in online marketing before you write your first email or build your first landing page.

In fact, the sooner you start, the faster you’ll learn.

Here’s the thing: real learning doesn’t happen before you start — it happens after you start.
It’s the doing, the experimenting, the testing, the tweaking that teaches you what actually works.

Sure, you’ll mess things up. Yes, you’ll look back and laugh at the daft ideas you had early on.
And absolutely, you’ll change your approach as you gain experience.

But that word — experience — is the real key.
It’s the thing you can’t get from another course or another ebook.

So here’s my advice:

Stop trying to master everything before you take your first step. Figure out broadly what you want to do online, learn just enough to get started, and then go for it. You can be taking action within a week — not a year.

And as you go, embrace the fact that some of it will fail. That’s not a sign you’re doing it wrong. It’s how everyone does it. It’s how you get better.

Because here’s the uncomfortable truth: the internet isn’t going to wait for you. Tech moves fast. Platforms evolve. Opportunities appear and disappear.

So make hay.
Don’t read another ebook about how to make hay.
Grab a pitchfork and get into the field.