Planning To Amaze

"Don't let your fear paralyze you. Prepare yourself not only technically, but also emotionally." - Bob Weinstein

You have an upcoming party at your home and it probably has you pretty busy. You might be preparing the back yard for guests by getting new flowers planted, or the deck refinished. There is cleaning to do, food to prepare, and so much more.

There are so many things you are likely preparing for that sometimes you feel there is not enough time to get it all done. Hopefully the weather will cooperate as well.

What if something goes wrong?

With all of our planning and preparing should also be the knowledge your plans could go awry. This is the point at which our adventure begins. Dealing with bad weather, food not arriving on time, or some other unforeseen event.

This is the point at which we have to adjust.

Preparation must still occur because we can not sit still and expect greatness to happen. When you move, life moves with you and it is in that moment amazing things happen.

There will likely be obstacles to overcome. Your plans might not go as you had wished but amazing opportunity will present itself. It is in those moments we are given the ability to reach out and grab success.

You discover the ability to overcome and accomplish.

Be prepared to amaze others. Be prepared to amaze yourself. Planning is a good start but what you accomplish when the plan does not is why we plan in the first place.

Stay inspired my friends!

Coffee Cup Idea

"Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference." -Nolan Bushnell

In the 1996 movie called Michael, there is a line in the script in which one of the characters reveals, "I invented the hole in the coffee cup. When you get coffee to go. I was the first person to rip the little hole in the lid, so you could drink it in the car. Could've made a fortune. It's weird."

How many times have you thought of something and never acted upon it? Later you find out that someone else had the same or similar idea, but they actually did something about it. Sort of irritates you doesn't it?

Every day we probably think of one or two things we would like to do. We then get home, go to bed and forget all about it. The idea is gone, lost forever until one day you see that somebody else had the revelation to actually act upon it.

When you get an idea, write it down in a journal. Then take some time to contemplate it, to digest and evaluate the idea to see if it has value in your life. If it does not, write down why and then leave it alone.

But if you find that it does have value in your life. If you realize that it is something you would like to do, then do it. Write down why it is something of value in your life, then start 'doing' things to achieve it. This may mean writing down the next steps, learning more or just getting up and moving.

Some would call it procrastination that holds us back. Others may call it lack of confidence. But to me it is simply 'you' that keeps 'you' from acting upon an idea. As I like to say, "BELIEVE in your vision, ACT upon that vision and only then will you REALIZE that vision."

Get up today and invent a better 'hole in the coffee cup' and amaze the world and yourself.