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April 16th, 2007
Looking Up
Good morning,
This week’s feature article was written four years ago about launching Tomorrow’s Edge for the third time. I fell flat on my face twice, once in 1999 and again in 2000. Then I tried to walk away from it, but it kept calling to me.
On April 10th of 2003, I launched it again. So even though I’ve been doing this work for 8 years, Tomorrow’s Edge just celebrated her 4th birthday last week. I think she’s going to make it this time!
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Quote of the Week:
"Defeat is simply a signal to press onward." – Helen Keller
"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." – T. S. Eliot
"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't
know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to." -
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Feature Article of the Week:
The First Step
Today is an anniversary of sorts for me. Three years ago today, I publicly launched Tomorrow’s Edge after years of getting ready, talking about how I was someday going to do it, and researching everything but advertising! It was a huge first step in the middle of a bunch of first steps that I had taken up to that point. Naturally, it fell flat on its face because of my lack of education in the marketing area. So, here I am three years later, better educated, dusted off, boot straps pulled up, repeating that first step. I take a deep breath, psyche myself up, wiggle my toes a bit, bend my knee, lift my foot, and sit back down with another cup of coffee…. Maybe in a minute or so.
Isn’t it funny how that first step gets to us? I’m not even scared this time. Heck, I wasn’t scared last time. It is the only career I have ever really wanted with any kind of passion and fire. Why is it we choke up when taking first steps towards those really big goals that we love so dearly? Ever notice that when it is something you do not give a rip about, the freeze never happens? We freeze up when taking that first step towards something special, because now we have something of importance to fail at. It is not the goal we are afraid of; it is the failing that scares us.
The key here is to start. So many people speak of a journey starting with a single step. It’s true. However, even if you have quit and are picking it back up again, at least the first step this time is farther along then the last time you started. For some of us, every single step towards success is so terrifying that it is a first step. Every step along the way towards our goal is a challenge. Keep in mind that each step is closer than the last one was. If you could do yesterday’s first step then surely you can do today’s first step because it is farther down the path. If you stop and look back over your shoulder, you will see that you have actually come quite a bit further than you had realized. You will feel a greater sense of progress than you did yesterday.
It really does not matter who you are or what you are trying to accomplish or who might not approve or what your current standing in the community is or anything else. What matters is that you get past the inner dialog that tells you those things do matter. No excuses are really valid. Our excuses are our first steps. “I do not have the capitol to start a business.” Then my first step is to get the capitol, rather than shelf the whole idea. “I do not know the first thing about building a house.” Then my first step is to get training. “I do not know how to read music.” Then my first step is to take a class. Make your excuses your first steps and watch your pride grow.
Remember to analyze each of those excuses like any other fear and make sure they are valid and worth becoming a step on your journey. It would be easy to get off track by taking care of your excuses instead of taking care of your dream. The point is to start taking action towards the life you have envisioned for yourself. “How is my attitude? Am I in charge or is my fear?”
What if you are scared to death of your next step and you want to step away from that fear? You just want a quiet moment to breathe without the fear. Did you step forward to breathe or did you step backwards? Did you sidestep? Remember this when stepping away from fear. Is the step away from fear also away from your dream? Is the step away from fear bringing you closer to your dream?
So many of us have been taught to dive in headfirst and attack our goals like we are some sort of mighty warrior gone to battle. We run full steam ahead without wisdom to temper our actions. This will usually cause problems later. Occasionally, I will get so excited about charging in to face my fears, that I will become almost manic in my attempt to push forward to the end. This almost always messes me up. I have learned to stop and relish the moment, say thanks for the opportunity to conquer fear, and then when I have calmed back down, I can continue making plans.
It really does help to pace ourselves so that we have the staying power to complete a long involved project. Too often, we knock ourselves out trying to force it too fast and then we drop off exhausted. It does not feel good to continue at that pace and we will often quit rather than reevaluate our timetables and slow down. Creating the dream can be as fulfilling as seeing the end results. Do not cheat yourself out of the positive feelings that come from overcoming fear and doubt by racing through too fast.
So, here I sit with my thoughts remembering all the times I have failed at this.
You know what is funny; in retrospect, each event that appeared to be a failure
was actually an amazing learning tool. I hate learning things that way!! Seriously
though, I never really failed, I just became more and more educated, tempered, stronger,
more self-
Adapted from a segment of Beyond the Inner-
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