Launching a new publication is both exciting and frightful.
You put everything you got into it and you spend countless days and nights rethinking, re-engineering, second guessing your decisions, and finding solutions to overcome major obstacles.
And for what? Because you really feel like you can make a difference. Because you know you can win.
You can see it. You can taste it. You hired the best people and test their dedication and patience.
You learn to say your sorry. You learn to say do it again. You learn to say forget what I told you yesterday, today I want it this way.
You learn to listen better and realize the talent you have is never better than your most dedicated employee. You realize you have to be more dedicated and even more on top of things.
Why?
Because when you come up with a cool idea, you can never let it die. You never give up.
You keep pushing and telling more and more folks about it. You watch their reactions and you file their thoughts into brain.
You stay up late and work out every last detail.
You say to hell with this and focus more on that. You forget what you would normally do to fix a problem, and decide to buy a shortcut instead.
You keep that eye on the spot on the wall and never let that sucker out of your site!!