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Take the First Step

Create. Learn. Improve. Practice. It’s a four-step process that can be applied toward nearly every decision in your life. And yet, many of us can’t seem to make it to step one.

Learning. Improving. And of course, repeating. None of that can happen if you aren’t willing to focus on the step one: Creating.

Creating is scary. Creating is daunting. Creating is challenging. Creating is uncomfortable. Creating is a risk. Creating doesn’t happen overnight. Creating is ambigious. Creating is change.  Creating is the uknown.

Creating involves us looking inward and tapping into something previously untapped.

I had three conversations this week related to this idea:

One, with a friend who might want to become a personal trainer but isn’t sure if it’s really what she wants to do.

Another, with a friend who desperately wants to write a book but is afraid of being “wrong”.

And lastly, with a friend who simply wants more for his life and career, but doesn’t know what that means, or where to begin.

All three are stuck in the limbo before step one. They aren’t sure how to begin the Create. Learn. Improve. Practice. process because they don’t know what to create. Or how to create it.

When we talk about passion, ( http://www.lifewithoutpants.com/life/greater-good/ ) we talk about pursuing those things that light us up. That fulfill us. That excite us and drive us. But the hardest part of passion isn’t following it, it’s figuring out where to begin.

Begin with creating. 
Begin by taking the first step.

In this recent TEDx talk,  the entrepeneur uses an analogy about his daughter learning to walk. Recalling the day she took her first steps, he talks about her teetering along, trying to maintain her balance, but through it all, moving forward. 

Moving forward is what we need to do. Putting one foot in front of the other is all that matters. But first, you must take the first step.

If you’re not sure about becoming a personal trainer, go talk to someone who does it for a living and volunteer yourself to help and learn.

Not sure if anyone will read the book you desperately want to write? Well, no one will if it never gets written. Open up a Word doc. and start writing.

And to those of you, all of you, who want something more but don’t know what it is, or where to begin. Start creating. Something. Anything.

Everything breaks down into “Why. How. What”. 
“Why” is a belief that drives you. 
“How” are the actions you take to get there. 
“What” are the tangible outcomes that prove your “why” and “how”.
(http://tumblr.heyamberrae.com/post/16117561536/why)

More importantly, one of her “how’s” is to “experiment and see what sticks”. 

That, is what it all comes down to…

Create. So you can learn, improve, and practice.

Move Forward. Take the first step, and then the next step, and then the next.

Experiment. See what sticks.

No one’s expecting you to know exactly what to do and how to do it. Don’t let  anyone else fool you into believing that they’ve got it all figured out. I don’t. They don’t.

The difference between people who want to be doing something and people who are doing what they want? Action. 

If you’re not creating something, you have nothing. Create. Experiment. Move forward. You’ll be amazed at what you’ll accomplish when you do.

inspired by http://www.lifewithoutpants.com/the-inconvenience-of-change/

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