Volume 2, Issue 7, July 2003

JUST DO IT

Yes, you all know the Nike ad. The term “Just Do It” seems easy enough, but… (I know, there’s always the “but”). The “but” in this case is that we just simply don’t/won’t/think we can’t do it.

Brodi has a little sign on her desk that says…
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” –Unknown

So why don’t we take the shots?

Many of us don’t take the shots because of F.E.A.R. (False Evidence Appearing Real).
Fear of Failure…
Fear of Ridicule…
Fear of the Unknown…
Fear of Reprisal…
Fear of Mental Harm…
Fear of Physical Harm…
And yes…
Fear of actually succeeding.

I deal with many people from many companies and backgrounds and there is one thing that seems to be constant. We talk about taking the shot. We dream about taking the shot. We even fantasize about the results of making the shot.

Then…

We think of every excuse under the sun as to why we can’t or won’t take the shot. We sit and stew and stew and stew.

There is an old Vaudeville joke…A man walks into the doctors and moves his arm up and down and says, “Doctor it hurts when I do this.”

The doctor replies, “Then don’t do that.”

I talked to a friend the other day who wants to make a major life change. He wants to quit his job and move to another city. He is really unhappy where he is and dreads each day of his journey. We have been talking on and off about this for the last six months. At the end of each conversation he says that he is going to send his resume around, but so far, it has not happened and then I don’t hear from him until the next crisis.

After our last conversation, I told him to #@%* or get off the pot.

“The pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of making the change.”

Here are some ways to assess a situation so you can “Just Do It”…and take the shot.

1. Look at the worse case scenarios (assess the risk)…will it kill me?

2. Do not listen to the 2%er (see Caravan Volume 1, Issue 8, August 2002)

3. Ask yourself if it is something you really want to do or are you doing it through duty or peer pressure.

4. Remember, you don’t have to do it.

You are in total control of this journey. Whether you choose to “do it” or not is entirely up to you. This day is exactly as it should be because we created this day based on our actions of yesterday.

If there is something you can do today to make your tomorrow better, then go ahead...“just do it”…take the shot…

When? . . . NOW!!

Ted


Humphry says…

”anything in life is yours if you want it badly enough.”

Brodi’s Bits

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