創業作業:落場 - 宋漢生

創業作業:落場 - 宋漢生

想創業的人,分兩類:落場踢的,以及無落場的。
落場的決定,難在條數好難計。雖然成功的好處,可以好大,但成功的機會,卻又好細。不只創業,要帶來改變,就算是小改變,也不容易。
不一定是任何人惡意阻撓,反正自然定律,總是對新事特別苛刻殘忍。一旦開始,冷水就會一盤一盤的淋過來,會發現,幾乎所有的力量,都好像阻止你前進,就是所謂Tyranny of Status Quo。

熱身與行動 其實好遠

於是乎,機會細到,如你一定要計過度過,要等到好有安全感的時候先落場,就頂多只會一直在場外熱身,因為,除非自己呃自己,否則那一刻,永遠不會到。
機會細,點解仲有人落場?因為信念。橫豎條數好難計,無得計,再計落去,無意思,永無答案。無數計,就只剩低信念。因為信念,就算最後失敗了都值得,因為後悔落場的遺憾,遠超過後悔齋吹的遺憾。
落場同場邊,好似好近,在場邊,你可以指點,熱身、拉筋、執波,好似好投入,逢創業書必睇,逢創業活動必到。但那一步其實又可以好遠。有位創業朋友,不時到創業活動分享,發現一位聽眾,次次都出現,但一直都未能決定落場,朋友忍不住說,你可以諗的都諗過,再諗都無用,要踢,就落場吧。
論落場,羅斯福的《Man in the Arena》,大概是最到位的了:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly;who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
給本着信念,明知不可為而為之的人。

宋漢生