STARTING: THE GREAT SEPARATOR

Do you want to be a success?

As you know, many obstacles can keep even a highly motivated person from succeeding. However, the ONLY obstacle that will ALWAYS keep us from success is not starting! If desire were enough, everyone would own a business. But success is like a book and starting and finishing are the front and back

covers. Until you open that front cover, you cannot experience anything from the pages within. So how do you get started?

Start With Yourself

As a leader you must first obtain what you need in order to help others succeed.

Start Early

It cannot be overstated how much you gain from starting early. Consider the ant (Proverbs 6:6-8). The activity of any individual ant seems to have little impact. After all, it can only carry one grain of sand and it’s not clear what any single grain has to do with what is being formed. But regardless of how it looks from the outside, something is developing. In building a business, you must start one grain at a time. The earlier you begin, the more grains of sand you can accumulate.

Start Small

Most of us would love to see the entire path from where we are to the top. But life does not work that way. Like a person carrying a lamp, most of us only see the small portion of the path ahead. Our best response is to just take the next step. Starting small will encourage you to start and allow you to prioritize and concentrate.

Start With the End in View

First, pursue your passion. A goal that you feel strongly about gives you energy. Next, let planning give you direction. The beginning of the journey is the place to study the map. You may not always know the entire route but your planning should always point in the direction of your destination.

Start Now

It is too easy to say, “I’ll start tomorrow.” We promise that tomorrow, we will start a diet, studies, a career, or a relationship. But until we actually begin, a dream remains a dream. It may be a cliché to say that every journey begins with the first step, yet it is still true. Successful people do not wait for everything to be perfect to move forward. They do not wait for all the problems or obstacles to disappear. They do not wait until their fear subsides. They take the initiative. They know a secret that good leaders understand: momentum is their friend. As soon as you take that first step and start moving forward, things become a little easier. If the momentum gets strong enough, many of the problems take care of themselves and talent can take over. But it starts only after you have taken those first steps.

Challenge

You cant cross the sea merely by standing and staring at water, don’t watch the clock, do what it does, keep going.