“I love it when a plan comes together.” (Now I’m showing my age!)
Everyone once in a while the stars align and everything seems to work out just fine- or maybe better than fine. An opportunity came my way- only 1 thing was missing. I had the key! I just had to get him (they key) on the phone. The guy never picks up the phone, never responds to messages.
Well… he picked up on the second ring. And he can solve the issue. Beautiful!
Perfect things happen if you just let them. Often that is where the issue lies. We don’t let them. We try to force things that just don’t want to work. You see it in relationships (personal and work) and with target markets.
The key is to know when to ‘cut the cord’ and when to move forward. For some folks moving forward is just as difficult as cutting the cord. What if I make a mistake? What if I am wrong? What if this is a colossal failure that blows up in my face?
What if it is? You pick up and you start again. Thomas Edison tried thousands of times to develop a commercially acceptable incandescent light bulb. I wonder where we would be today if he had given up?
There is much that can be learned in failure. Often, if you examine a failure you will find the beginnings of a much bigger success.
I once had a manager tell me “Fail so big you can see it from space!” She would rather have me fail that big than not do anything at all. Very little is gained without risk, even less if you never do anything.
Courage is the difference between an idea and a great idea. It doesn’t mean you have to take a huge leap at one time, it can mean small steps one at a time until you reach the goal.
It means picking up the phone to talk to the one guy that might be able to help you out- and hoping he picks up!
