Joel, a friend with an office down the hall, just came back from New York. He’s from London, lives in Israel and this was his first time in the Big Apple. He went with his wife and their three year old.
As they emerged from Penn Station onto a crowded Manhattan sidewalk, their little boy’s eyes opened wide with wonder. Those buildings. They’re so TALL! He’d never seen anything like it.
Even Joel was amazed. “It’s just like in the movies,” he said. “Ambulance sirens. Really tall buildings and lots and lots of people.”
But those of us who grew up there – we’ve lost that sense of wonder, if we ever had it.
And that’s the way life is. What gets you excited at three brings on a yawn at seven. And what’s fascinating at seven is borrrrrring at ten.
We’ve conquered those worlds. Time for new terrain.
It’s also true about fear. What scared you at three doesn’t scare you today.
If you were scared of the dark, one day you found yourself in that dark room and realized that there was nothing to be afraid of. Or maybe you were terrified of your bike. But when you finally got the balancing thing worked out, suddenly you could go far fast. That opened up a world of possibility, didn’t it?
Overcoming fear frees you up to experience new wonders. Which sets you up for new fears to overcome – so you can experience new wonders.
THAT is living: Doing what scares you until it no longer does. And then using that new-found freedom to experience a new wonder.
As an entrepreneur, you have this opportunity more-so than your employed friends and family. They’re bound and restricted by bosses and mindless corporate “this-is-how-we-do-it-here’s.”
Today, a single fear that, more than any other, is keeping you stuck. What it is? Make up your mind to over come it because that’s the only way to experience that new sense of wonder, amazement and thrill that means you’re alive.
You’re as free as you make up your mind to be. Your life will be as rich as the fears you overcome and the wonders you experience.
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Dov Gordon
