People Who Get A Lot Done. THE Secret.
10 inch skillet time. Upside the head.
On the WOW-o-Meter this was huge “get” for me. Whenever that happens I feel compelled to share.
Last week, I was in LA to work, in person, (we usally work weekly over the phone) with my business coach in order to speed the process/progress of a project I have been working on for nearly two years. In addition to further clarifying the big idea, there are all kinds of moving parts which have to fall into place to make things work. It feels overwhelming sometimes. A lot of the time, actually.
What I was hoping to get, was a plan—THE plan—action steps that would finally take me from idea to “out there”. The 10 steps that would logically and easily lead me to each little duck in a row.
This is where you would make the slamming on the breaks noise. This would also be where you would stamp your foot, return to being a 5 year old and yell, ” I want what I want and I want it now!!!……and oh, by the way, “I want YOU to figure it out for me.”
Martin Luther King did not stir people into action by announcing, “I have a strategic plan!” did he?
SO…….
See yourself like bamboo. My very patient and brilliant and now, sainted coach let me in on this secret. Focus on the dream and the details will create their own order. People will come into your life as you share your dream, who will further the process in exponential ways. I watched that very thing happen on this trip.
Bamboo has a very specific way of growing. With the planting of only one stalk (the big idea/dream), once it takes hold underground, rather than growing just in that one spot, it sends runners out in all directions(take action to share your passion with others). Under ground. For quite some time, no one can see it doing its work, day after day. Then one day, all kinds of stalks break the surface at once. Soon, it is obvious to everyone that the entire fence is lined with a plant, that historically, is known for its staying power and resilience.
People who get things done are on the move, planting seeds, making waves that they rest of us might not see. They may go underground for a while, when you don’t hear from them–but the next time you do—they seemed to have moved a mountain or two.
Think like bamboo.
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Peggy… brilliant post! Thank you for sharing yourself with all of us. The brilliance behind this offering – well at least ONE of the brilliant things – is that it is astonishingly simple. And by that I don’t mean that it is necessarily easy… in fact… probably not many times. It is however simple and straightforward, and I for one am motivated and inspired to grow like bamboo! Keep on keeping on.
I really liked this post. I think crab grass grows the same way and that stuff is prolific and I for one can’t remove it all from my perennial bed. I have to keep it under control. Another good metaphor for all those “problems” in our lives. We can never remove all of our problems we just somehow keep them under control somewhat to get the things we really want.
Excellent words and thoughts, Peggy. I need to keep reminding myself that I don’t have to see the entire future rolled out in front of me, just the passion and knowing the next step – even if it’s a tiny one.
Keep it up.
Thank you for the image of bamboo – a renewal resource. Helped me to remember that I too am renewing every time I remember to relate to both the Universal Divine and divine essence within me. Dreams are meant to be shared so they can manifest into the physical world. Thanks again for the gentle reminders to refresh and renew my dream and to connect with the Divine.