Three Minute Leadership: Don’t Wait for the Perfect Shot
To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning.
Lee Iacocca, American businessman, once said: “The trick is to make sure you don’t die waiting for prosperity to come.” Great leaders do not wait for that one successful accomplishment that will bring fame, fortune, happiness or glory to their life. An extraordinary life is not about waiting for life to happen, waiting on the sidelines. A great life is about choosing, doing and living life to its fullest. Crystal Cha writes: “Life is too short to wait for one perfect shot at something… at anything.”
“Life is short, and the ones who win at it are those who don’t wait for perfect. Those who try as many things as they can, who are forever adapting, modifying, tweaking, building, revising, adding, subtracting, working with whatever they’ve got. Because they know the fastest way to success is to fail, and fail fast… These are the ones who discover, as they push themselves out of their comfort zones, that there is no one right answer to life. There is no one fixed path to success.
That sometimes, you end up wanting something you never thought you wanted, and the things you thought you wanted are not really what you want at all. These are the ones who live each moment and season to the fullest, who drink in the depths of every small victory, but also every defeat, every question, every crossroads, every dry spell. These are the ones who realize that the real success is not in what you achieve, but in how much you enjoy the ride along the way… They find new dreams in every new dawn, every turn of the page, every bend in the road. And sometimes, sometimes, along the way, without trying too hard for that one perfect shot, they achieve it.”
Opportunities are waiting to be made, not waiting to be discovered. Don’t wait for the perfect shot. Fill your life with passion and make things happen… things you never dreamed you wanted… because you choose to dream more and live more. Remember the words of Abraham Lincoln: “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!
Mike
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