Has Your Ship Come In?

Raise your hand if you feel the flood of good ideas often?

*hand raised* 

Now keep your hand raised, if you feel you move swiftly and with purpose on those good ideas? 

*hand slowly goes down* 

The thing that stagnates our growth in business is not a lack of ideas (good ones at that!), but usually something more. 

The first thing that chokes off the progress is lack of time. 
Where in the world am I going to fit this implementation in? 

The next thing is lack of structure.
Scattered plans produce scattered results, but when we are in the thick of things, it can be torturous to step back and take the time to create a plan to get more done (with ease and grace). 

Then there is the lack of gumption. 
It takes guts to grow especially if it requires you to reach out to people who have NO IDEA who you are and what you do. 
It takes guts to extend invitations to work with someone you admire. If they say no, then the dejection can take some time to move through. (see point #1 above, time isn't something we have an excess of)

But lastly there is the lack of commitment. 
Impatience that the results aren't coming fast enough and by golly - it is time to move on! 

Many people have turned and left the dock
just before their ship came in. 

When implementing a new idea or a new service, it is best to commit to it for six months. THEN look back and evaluate. 

Was this worth it?
Did it produce the results that I had hoped for? 
How did it make me feel?
What was the feedback from my clientele?

Let's all agree to stay at the dock PATIENTLY waiting for the ship to come in. 

Then when it does, let's all agree to get on it (not inspect it and judge it because it has some rust on the side and paint has faded). 

Once on, let's all agree to follow the map and adjust the course where appropriate.