ONE OF THESE DAYS
Saturday Jan. 3, 2015
Maybe I’m not ready.
Lots in last year’s pile, looming January pile.
And so many great ideas are languishing in one of these days pile.
Have you had that feeling?
Some person, organization – some process, some way things work – when we throw up our hands to exclaim, “one of these days I’m going to change that”.
Only to resume sitting on our hands, sitting on our idea.
I have no evidence my plan will work, or if it will look remotely the same when I’m done.
But I believe in it.
I’ve had those believe in it beliefs too many times before, too many great ideas – and failed.
Not always.
Some succeed, much like relationships succeed – rarely at all like I’ve expected.
I’ve had some successes, but also some failures – enough to recall plummeting expectations and empty-pockets that followed.
Real ventures, businesses and life-altering ideas are products – the grandchildren of many steps. Steps, miss-steps, money and sweat. It is possible to do without each of those but I don’t recall hearing anything memorable, lasting, profitable or valuable that did not involve mistakes and setbacks.
Easy to say, “I’m not ready.”
But, you see, I am ready.
A one of these days ideas is coming to life.
Logo on my refrigerator door.
URL, registered.
Building BETA-test website … starting any moment.
‘What it is about?’ …
I’ll toot that horn another day.
My point is about inertia.
My own, others I’ve co-opted into roles in the project, others I’ve run this idea by …
Nominally supportive and kind. Hey, I’m paying.
Will support come from the marketplace?
I believe it.
I’m ready.
Mark Kolke
column written/ published from Calgary, AB
morning walk: -20C (wind chill -27 brrr)/-3F, deep snow from yesterday’s dump gave me traction and Gusta a challenge in finding her familiar sniffing place through all that snow …
Reader feedback:
Very profound Mark …. I HOPE all your wishes for 2015 come true. Cheers, TL, Calgary, AB
