Screw it Man... LET'S RIDE!

There's nothing healthy about sitting in the corner with a mind and an ego that's bruised, hurting and... FROZEN WITH INACTION!

Here's an idea - what if we said... screw conformity, screw passivity, screw tiptoeing around with what we're up to in life.

...And then we decided to saddle up and say... "Let's Ride!!"

Wouldn't that be reckless as well as a whole heap of... FUN?

But see, isn't that a more exciting action based thing to do than simply mulling over a bunch of things that creates NON ACTIVITY, all channelled though a form of sophisticated dithering?

I'm reminded today about a group of people I had the valuable privilege of sharing an intense six months relationship with. A coaching mastermind programme run by Steve Chandler, with 9 of the smartest, kindest and most authentically REAL people that have come into my experience.

When we met up in Arizona some 5 years ago, one of the 9, Scott, a powerful man with a solid marketing brain, bought in a Harley Davidson ad (or was it a t-shirt?) that said...

Well, how powerful is that?

And see, when you read the instruction, you won't find any hidden meanings and you won't have to consult a psychologist or psychiatrist or take any kind of brain or psychometric test  to help you decipher the instruction - it's pretty clear, simple and straight forward don't you think?    

So let's say you've been contemplating moving forward with a project - whether a business or a personal one - and you've been dilly dallying with it for a good few months - screw it, get it into action!  because obviously, the passive, non-action way, the one you've bought into, subscribed to, invested yourself into... just isn't working!

If you've a communication you've toyed with and dibbled and dabbled with and you still haven't sent it out into the marketplace - screw it and send it out!  Good enough is good enough. The more time you spend trimming and beautifying and enhancing it, you're NOT impacting anyone. Your audience canNOT read a communication which... doesn't get sent!

So Screw It, Let's Ride... it has such a majestic ring and beauty and simplicity about it that wouldn't it be cool if there was a university called the Screw It Let's Ride University, where only those who have dropped their inner BS yammering and who have chosen to now live an action oriented life, could enrol? Wouldn't that just be the best university in the world to go, to send our kids to, a REAL place to go to instead of twittering and fakebooking and 'liking' a good, happy and productive life?

I'm not sure how many enrollers we'd get but I'm sure those who DO enrol, would raise a glass to their old ways and say... Screw It, Let's Ride!          

Wandering Into Oblivion (And The Light Switch CURE)

Meet Joe.   

He’s in his late forties, early fifties. Has three children. Drives a not too flashy car. Lives in an okay house. Considered a good guy. Works in a 9 to 5 job, though having very little enthusiasm for it. 

Has made multiple promises to his wife (and to himself) about changing the way things are. But is gripped with self-doubt. Isn’t internally driven or motivated to do anything of significance. Though, wants to.  He sits alone at night. Troubled. Dissatisfied. Frustrated. Trying to figure his life out. Night after night. Most nights, having little to no sleep at all. 

However, for Joe (and men and women just like Joe) things are (and will be) pretty much the same as they were, give or take a little rainbow of success along the way. Endless opportunities for growth, profits and incredible personal development, will have come and gone. A deep commitment to none.  An avalanche of conflicting information scattered far and wide into his brain.  The result? Confusion and misery. No clue how to make sense of it all. 

Sadly for Joe, he’ll be just another hopeful human. Just getting through his life. Until, he realises that he’s into his seventies and eighties. And nothing to show for his time on the planet except a shopping list of missed opportunities, unfinished projects, broken promises and a pile of… ‘what could have beens’.

What one thing could Joe have done that would’ve made a major difference in how his life turns out? GETTING HELP. Joe decided to walk the path to success, alone. He figured that he would have the required desire, know-how and fortitude to work things out for himself.  

DIY success, rarely works for the majority. Only a few are totally independent. Totally self-reliant.  Totally internally dependable on themselves. They will make a dynamic success of things, no matter what. Joe hadn’t sufficiently trained himself to be completely self-reliant. Though, he has trained himself to be locked up in his own cocoon. Happy to not take the advice of successful others. To not get into a community of others who can help. He lives with a fragile ego. Unwilling to deal with another point of view. Unwilling to admit that he doesn’t know much. Unwilling to say that he was wrong. Unwilling to have someone jolt him into activity.      

Joe is steadily wandering into oblivion. Though, he just can’t see it. Because, for Joe, there’s another day just around the corner. And then another. And then another. Somewhere, there’s a part of Joe that believes he’s immortal. That he’ll be on the planet forever. That he’ll have all the time in the world to do what he wants. To get what he wants. To be whom he wants. Though, all the while Joe believes this, he is living a life of quiet desperation. He worries. He frets. He questions his own sanity every single day. Sadly, unable to come up with the right answers.

The Switch

It could be that Joe can find the answer by going to the switch on his wall. Switched to the ON position, light enters. Switched off, darkness. Can the road to success begin with and be as simple as flipping the switch and letting the light in? Why not? Aren’t we all in a state of darkness about something, until we see the light?

And how difficult is it to go from darkness to light? It’s just a flipping of a switch.  

And what’ll happen to people like Joe when he flips the switch and sees the light? Miracles! Happenings that’ll take shape which seemed unfathomable previously. The sparkle of his true personality will surge forth like electricity lighting up a whole city.

The Joes’ of the world can set fire to their lives – but only when they switch their internal switch to the ON position. A switch that’ll move them from oblivion and darkness, to clarity and light.