Start Now

A post is making its way around social media circles and it caught my interest– What would your occupation be if you had followed your childhood dreams?

This post resonates and provokes engagement & conversation, but it doesn’t inherently touch on wisdom I believe to be true– start now.

Whatever you want to do, it benefits you to start now. Have a bright idea to do a thing? Do it today no matter what your resources are. You have more to gain, and less to risk today than you will when you’re “ready.” Start now.

Is it a business? The good idea you have now is subject to change with market preferences– and the competition beating you to the punch. You are limited only by the literal definition by which you decide you’re able to gain the resources you require to make it happen. Start now.

Is it a good idea for your community? Get in the arena now while others are weighing the options. Who dares, wins. The difference you make in minutes today means a better quality of life for those affected by your program. Ship it. Do it. Produce good work, change the culture and start now.

Embrace certain capitalistic truths– an entrepreneur is more or less defined as a person who sees opportunity with resources not currently possessed– believe this, know it’s been done before, and use this to your advantage to affect the change you want to see.
Start now.

A little from my days of running a bike shop right here… I started it then, and I’m glad I did.

a·lign·ment /əˈlīnmənt/

“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”
— Paul Valery

 

There’s often more possibility in a moment than we realize–
Realize: “cause (something desired or anticipated) to happen.”
Or, to make real.

Many of us are imagining our secret dreams right now.
I think a lot of them are in alignment.
More alignment means more possibility, maybe that’s a big deal.

Realizing our secret dreams requires gaining some clarity about what’s possible.
What if anything’s possible?

Years ago, I chased a secret dream and found alignment with others in the Idyllwild community of trailbuilders, riders, small business owners, and my family. We started the bike shop, Hub Cyclery, and enjoyed 6 years of satisfying business. It was a heckuva lot of fun. I’ve since chased other secret dreams; they’ve always had this alignment theme.

Where are our alignments now? From here, what’s possible?
What’s the best that can happen?