Many people go through their lives in what they believe are safe waters. We all have our aspirations and goals we would like to accomplish, but it always seems that the more life altering ones don’t always see their way through. Some never even get tried. For some, they look back and wonder, “What if I did that? I would have been at this point by now.” For example, a college student dabbling in the idea of starting a web business selling interesting guitar pick designs. He may think, “that would be a neat idea…I bet I could make some money doing that” and never follow through with that. Years later he may be kicking himself for never trying, and not even bother to try it now.
Think about all of the things you’ve always wanted to do but never did, and how you would be today. Some of the things you may try will succeed, others will fail. In the end, though, you will still earn valuable life experience no matter what the result. Taking action makes the best of us.
I see two major blocks preventing people from turning their ideas and life changes into reality. Fear of the unknown and ill-conceived, self limitations.
People stick to what they know because it is easy, they know the results, and don’t have to worry about failure and not knowing the outcome. The realization must occur that without any change or even trying no growth can occur, and can even lead to stagnation. No one ever said change was easy, but it isn’t as hard as you may think. It just requires motivation and follow through.
The other notion of self limitations is a very large impediment on your progress. By self limitations I mean not believing their is more to yourself than what you see. You may be a restaurant manager, and just think of yourself as that without pursuing other avenues…hopping from one restaurant to the next. Here’s the thing. You are not just that. There is no rule saying that you always have to work in restaurant. There is no law telling you to do so, and nothing is preventing you from learning and doing something else. Want to start a business selling decorative pepper shakers online? Research how to start a business and get your feet wet. I don’t care if your dreams are as extreme as running away to the islands and building ships inside bottles. It’s possible, you just have to do it.
It’s very tiresome and sad for me to hear people talk about things they want to do with their lives and never set anything in motion to progress. No more thinking you can’t do it, or it’s only for the experts. You can become the expert. Don’t think and wonder what if. Just do!
