Getting Better Every Day
Can you imagine what would happen if you got just a little better at something – at anything – each week?
In my opinion, the best way to get better next week is to make a lot of mistakes this week. And then learn from those mistakes. Vow never to make the same mistake twice.
Not only should I learn from my mistakes, but I should learn from my successes as well.
If each week I figure out what worked and what didn’t and then do more of the stuff that worked and less of the stuff that didn’t, I should be making progress, right?
One thing I’m learning… A step to the right or to the left is still a step forward. I really can’t make a wrong decision. Making the decision is at least moving forward. Sitting in my decision and not making it, is standing still. And that’s a quick way to get no where.
Once I’ve made the first step, the next step usually becomes a little clearer. And if I step left when I should have stepped right becomes pretty clear once I’ve made that first step. The quicker I adjust the step, the less off track I become. The longer I continue in the wrong direction, the further off track I become.
Making the step is the important thing. The sooner I make the step, the sooner I know where the next step needs to go. Sitting at the starting point trying to map out my trek, can only slow me down.
Another important thing to me is knowing the end goal. Staying on track really doesn’t help me much if it was the wrong track to begin with. From Nashville, I-40 west sometimes looks like a better drive than I-65 North. But, taking the road less traveled might just take me to Memphis, which would be ok if I wanted to get to Memphis. It would be pretty sad if I arrived in Memphis and found out that what I really wanted was in Louisville though.
Sometimes, the easy way is not the best way. Knowing what I want and which direction I need to head in really helps. It doesn’t really matter how far away it is as long as I’m headed in the right direction. Getting a little better each day, or each week, or even each month, gets me a little closer to where I want to be.
All I have to do is know what I want, where it is and point my nose in that direction. Take a step. Whether I fall or not, I learn from it. Then take another step. Rinse. Repeat. Sounds easy enough. I can do this!
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By Thea Westra from MyForwardSteps.com, 1/12/2010 @ 6:45 am
Sounds a little like the philosophy behind my work and websites etc!
Yes, you can!
Cheers, Thea
By Cindy, 1/12/2010 @ 12:50 pm
Yes, it does Thea! I thought about you a lot when I was writing that post