How do I Start…?

1. October 2008 by admin.

This is a question that I ask myself often, but it’s only now that it has become conscious.

I was just talking with someone I look up to and he asked me what I was doing. My response came real quickly as I nervously ran through a Reader’s Digest version of the past several months. My attempt was to make it sound positive, that I was happy and excited about the opportunities. Well, my 20 second ramble really didn’t give any credence to all that I’ve been through, and probably had just the opposite effect. After hanging up the phone I pondered the experience (as I often dwell on what I could have said better) and realized my thoughts were struggling to answer this one question - “How do I start?…”

I was surprised at the question until I realized that it’s a familiar question, often asked but frequently passes without response. So, I asked myself, in a most conscious way, as I look at this empty Blog. ‘How do I start?‘ In this situation the answer became obvious.

How do I start… to explain what I am doing and why I am doing it? The difficulty I encounter in coming to a clear answer diminishes all the thought and effort that has gone into this new business. For over a decade I knew some day I would start my own business. For the past 18 months we have made plans and put them in motion. In March I decided on some crucial details that accelerated the process. Then when the end of June came, the timing was advanced from our plans but, I actually made the transition from W2 job to self-employed.

To this day when I’m asked to explain it I’m stuck at that nagging question “How do I start…?”.

Words are where it all starts - to communicate what is in my mind. That is where I stumble every time. Words are what I have struggled with my whole life, and speaking them is the most difficult. I’m far better now with words than ever before, but it is still inadequate to express what happens inside - the thoughts and ideas. (This is an intentional exercise in the use of words, because I need to get more clear.)

As far back as I can remember thinking came easily. I can now appreciate it more knowing what Henry Ford said about the subject… “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.” Not that I believe there is something superior about the process of thinking in one individual over another, but I started to recognize a part of my Human Life Value, my Soul Purpose, or my Unique Ability.

So, fortunately I had a start for the Blog, but what about the answer to the question? Another day…

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