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//37 hard truths about starting a business: #2 you learn the most by doing

kamila
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3rd August 2025
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You can keep reading or watching tutorials or even such instagrams, but nothing will prepare you for business more than actually doing it. Each situation is different, so get inspired but then move your ass and start creating. 

You can spend months—even years—reading books, watching tutorials, attending workshops, saving Instagram posts, and consuming endless business content. But here’s the honest truth: nothing will prepare you for business more than actually DOING it.

These Oishya knives didn’t become masterpieces through theory alone. The Japanese bladesmiths had to hammer steel, make mistakes, and perfect their craft through action.

Each business situation is completely unique. Your market, your timing, your resources, your strengths—they create a combination that no business book could ever fully address.

I’ve learned more from my first three months running Oishya than I did from years of business education. The real lessons came from actual customer conversations, supply chain challenges, and marketing experiments—not theories.

Get inspired, absolutely. Take in knowledge. But then move your ass and start creating. Your first attempts won’t be perfect—mine certainly weren’t. But they’ll teach you exactly what you need to learn. What not to do. 

The entrepreneurs who succeed aren’t the ones who know the most—they’re the ones who DO the most. They test, fail, adjust, and keep moving forward.

So what are you waiting for? What small action could you take TODAY toward your business dream? Whatever business course you’re considering buying—pause—and put that money toward actually starting.

Hard truth: action beats education every single time. 

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Kamila Hankiewicz

Entrepreneur / Host

Creativity is born in chaos. No matter if it's software, podcast or a kitchen. I share what I learn while building untrite.com, oishya.com, and hosting brilliant people on my podcast Are You Human.