We will live another day!

I think I just set a new record for myself with this near hopeless attempt to keep a blog. I guess bottom line is... I just find it so difficult to "journalise" my thoughts and actions!

Well, then of course, there is that thing about only posting a blog post when I have something truly inspirational to say. I am my own worst reviewer, and hardly anything is interesting or inspirational enough as it seems.

But a couple days ago, when I was facilitating a strategy session, I had this "Oh" moment. Many things that had happened over the past few months just came together. Mind you, it was not an "Ah ha" moment, just a simple "Oh" moment.

So what happened and what conclusion did I arrive at?

First, people were dying everywhere (OK, hold your comment!) Young, old, healthy, not so healthy.

Second, as part of what I do with companies (helping them set a goal, map out the journey and help them steer), I realised that 99.9% of companies always think they have time to change...

Finally, in the strategy session I facilitated, I was overwhelmed by how much people had to say, wanted to say, wanted to be listened to, and wanted change.

So putting this all together, the question really is, can we really afford to take the attitude "We will live another day?" Surely not.

There is a saying that, only at the edge of the precipice will change really happen. Yes, that is the last step before the fall, and out of urgency, desperation, or really lack of alternatives, we have to change, we have to ACT.

But unfortunately for many of us, we walk blindly so much so that we don't know we have actually reached the edge of the precipice and as such, continue taking the next aimless step, the next deadly step!

So, I say, do not wait for till you are at the edge of the precipice, because you might not know you are at the edge, do not wait for the "ah ha" moment before you do something. Say what you want to say (regardless of how inspirational, or not, it is, do what you want to do, change what you think needs changing. And do not wait.

"If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito." 
~Betty Reese

Have fun defining your reality!