Good Morning,
A few days ago I was speaking to a friend about the Flywheel concept in Jim Collin's 'Good to Great'. I shared how it takes a lot of effort to get this massive wheel to start moving, and no matter how hard we push, we can only incrementally increase the speed of this wheel. In the beginning, if we stop turning the wheel, it is likely to simply stop. It is only after a lot of time, months or years, that the wheel starts moving at any real speed. At that point it takes less effort to keep the wheel going.
I was telling my friend that the longer we put in effort at a specific activity, be it writing messages to people like me, or building up a consulting business or doing anything, that legend of the overnight success is more than likely just that, a legend.
Successful people, organizations and companies have all had to start pushing their huge flywheel and keep at it. They had to push when they did not want to, they had to push when it seem easier to just quit. They had to push when others wanted to go play or go to a movie.
Consistently pushing at the flywheel day after day, week after week, etc. is what builds a person, an organization or a company and opens the doorways for that sudden opportunity which makes it appear like an overnight success.
It is not all hard work, but it is focus and determination which helps keep us focused on pushing our own flywheels. What helps us take a step closer every day to achieving whatever goals we have set for ourselves.
While our flywheels may only be moving slowly, they are moving faster than they were yesterday or last week. We just have to remember, that if we wish to achieve our goals, we have to keep pushing. Keep producing.
As Seth Godin says, we have to make something happen, and ship it out the door to our customers. Whatever it is we make happen, it should be something that is part of our goals. For me, it means working on refining my mission statement, or updating part of my website, or finishing that book I have been trudging through.
I have to do something every day to help me achieve my dreams, and so do you. It may be taking a mental health day and doing nothing to help let the batteries recharge. Just don't too many of those days happen back to back, or our flywheel will start slowing down and even stop.
What I ship are these messages, and those I send out on Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, and my other blogs. They are not the final products I wish to produce, but they are all steps in that direction.
Have faith and you will get there to.
Enjoy
Sanford Berenberg
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