Mission Improbable

Nothing worth doing is a trivial activity. If it’s been done before, there is always a recipe to follow, video to watch or a peer to ask for guidance. The market for “anyone can do it” is rapidly expanding.

Creating something new and novel seems both more possible and less possible than ever before. If you consider the rapid advances in all industries leveraging new technology and techniques to push on old paradigms, competition is everywhere. Lots of people trying to solve existing and new problems day-in and day-out. It’s ever more likely that someone has the same idea as you and may beat you to the punch.

The possibility that someone might beat you is no reason to stop.

Reluctance and delay will hurt more than losing in direct competition. A loss at the end of a hard fought battle is acute and violent. Hesitation, or failing to try is a slow dull but chronic pain that nags at you and drags you from trying anything. What are the lessons drawn from these two courses of action? Failing in the attempt will give you a better sense of what to modify for the next bout. Staying static will only reinforce self-limiting beliefs.

Nothing is impossible but, many things are improbable.

Increasing the probability of success takes preparation, dedication and execution.

None of this costs you anything but time and energy.

Are you willing to pay the price to making the improbable a reality?

Or will you give in to false perceptions of what you consider impossible?