I’ve always believed the “if you can dream it, you can do it” adage.
But I never really understood how it could apply to me, it was for other people.
The roadblocks ahead of me always seemed insurmountable, my situation was different.
I avoided the roadblocks instead of investigating them.
An interesting thing happens when you really begin to break down and question the validity of the barriers instead of shy away from them. They begin to disappear.
This is something they talk about this in sales all of time… “find the clients objections and overcome them”. But I couldn’t do that for someone else when I couldn’t do it for myself.
Common roadblocks for me were, failing before I started because I was afraid to start small. “Go big or go home”… I wanted to go big and would instead end up going home. But I’ve learned the Universe supports new beginnings and really doesn’t give you anything you can’t handle. Starting small is good, it gives you time to figure things out without collateral damage.
Another roadblock for me was the time it would take to get where I wanted to go. I always felt the urgency of making things happen right now. Then I realized a lot of time was passing anyway, and I wasn’t getting anywhere, so that became a null point.
I felt like I had to have my ducks in a row before I started. Now I know when one duck waddles off, it opens the space for a new duck to waddle in. Ducks waddling off used to look like endings, but now I know it’s a signal of new beginnings. There are no real endings.
Nobody who is changing the world, started knowing they would change the world. Humans of New York started as a photography project, Google started as a simplified search engine.
I’ve learned that the path reveals itself as you go, you just need to start.
Yes there are obstacles that create challenges. But those challenges force you to grow and find new ways of thinking, acting, and communicating.
Yes there is fear, but fear is a sign you need to do it because you care about it.
Yes there will be a lot of “No’s”… but ‘no’ doesn’t mean never… if just means you have hit that persons limit of knowledge or comfort. Both of those things are fluid and can change from person to person.
I can’t hardly see the roadblocks anymore.