“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something–your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” Steve Jobs
One of the biggest reasons people don’t start doing, well, anything is that they think the first step must be a component in a comprehensive grand plan–
(this is especially true for those of us who are higher on Kolbe Fact Finder, the higher your fact finder the more prone we are to paralyze perfectionism)
one where every step is charted and every milestone identified….
And because they don’t have that plan, they don’t start. They need to see an end before they see a beginning.
Plans are never perfect. Only in hindsight does it appear that way. What really happens is that people do things, try things, succeed at things, fail at things, learn from those failures, learn from those successes…and along the way they seize–and create–opportunities to advance themselves.
If you’re interested in something, try it. Don’t worry about where it might someday lead.
Just Act
The dots will someday connect. And in the meantime, your life and career will be a lot more interesting.
