This is a great thread.

I remember hearing somewhere, some famous runner explaining the hardest part about training, he said something along the lines of "the hardest part is putting on your shoes". I think this is so true, I put a bit differently, basically all you have to do/hardest part is just "showing up". Just make sure you show up and the rest often sorts itself out haha. Applies to a lot of things.

Yes, showing up and doing the work is the hard part. Talk is cheap lol.

I would say: Don't tell people your plans and don't talk about what you are going to do in the future. Nobody cares about what you think you might do. Talking about it without doing it just makes you look unreliable. It doesn't make you a better person for wanting to do something. You have to do the work. Do it, and then talk about what you have done! That makes you a much more interesting and real person that people want to work with and listen to.