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Don’t be afraid to start just because you don’t have the road map!
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to getting started on our goals is the need to know and understand how our goal will be achieved. In other words, what are the steps that need to be taken in order to arrive at our destination?
It’s one of those needs that is linked to a subconscious fear of failure. After all, if we don’t know what steps we need to take to achieve the success we desire, then the opposite may transpire and we will fail. But, the given advice is counter-intuitive: we’re advised by all successful people to just go for it anyway, despite not knowing how we’ll get there.
But how on earth could we be expected to go for our goals if we don’t know all the steps? After all, if we’ve never travelled that journey before we could end up anywhere! Well the answer to this part of the success equation can be relatively straight forward, because someone, somewhere, has already done what we’re trying to do, so, the only thing we’re required to do is to find and follow the road map laid down by those people. So don’t be afraid to start just because you’re not sure of the way!
So where’s the map I hear you ask!
Well, depending on your outlook, you could find this next response to be quite exciting or quite unhelpful, because the map won’t become visible until you start moving! So, by its very nature, the map is only available to those who are willing to make the commitment to move forward with their lives and make changes. But there’s more! Even when the map is presented to you, it won’t be complete; there will be a very large area in the middle which is fuzzy and greyed out, and for some, even the beginning will be a little hazy.
And there’s a very good reason for this. Everyone’s journey to their goals will be different in some manner to other peoples journeys. This is because we are all different and because certain circumstances will require different actions. The fuzzy areas of the map are areas where you will be required to find your own answers, but the beauty of it is that you don’t have to know those answers until such time as they are needed. You definitely won’t need them at the outset! [Read more…] about Don’t be afraid to start!