5 words: Someone else has done it

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There are so many things that get in the way of creating the career of our dreams. Most of them, stripped to the barest essential, boil down to fear. Fear of failing. Fear that we don't have what it takes. Fear that it's too late.

To counter that fear, this article offers five little words that can make all the difference in the world. No matter what your situation, no matter how far along in your career you are, no matter what kind of commitments and obligations you have...

Someone else has done it.

It's a big, big world out there. And I can just about guarantee that someone, somewhere has been in your situation - or a more difficult one - and found a way to make it happen. It may not have been just-add-water easy (in fact it seldom is), but it's been done. And it can be done again.

So the question really ceases to be, "Is this possible?" The answer is yes. The question really becomes, "Am I willing to allow this to be possible for me (and am I willing to work for it)?"

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Comments

[Maureen Sharib]

"The question really becomes, 'Am I willing to allow this to be possible for me (and am I willing to work for it)?'"

Very few are willing to work for it, Curt. In our mad headlong rush to make things easier, we forget that some things just can't be made easier.

“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” Colin Powell

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[Adrian Savage]

Curt,

For many would-be entrepreneurs, your five words are the biggest block to putting their dreams into reality. Because someone else has already done it, they believe it's too late for them.

History shows that original innovators aren't always (or even usually) the ones who come out on top. It's more often the first few people who follow their path, doing what they did and learning fast from the innovator's mistakes.

Adrian

[Chris Bailey]

Adrian, you literally took the words out of my mouth (or even more literally, off my fingers). One of my biggest hangups is being unoriginal or not unique. I see someone already doing what I want to do and I find myself in a fit of envy. So, I'm recovering from this urge.

Part of my self-therapy is to remind myself that this inner critic is keeping me from even trying. It is fear...a fear of not measuring up to what's been done already. Once the process of self-comparison stops, it's easier to allow my own originality and uniqueness to bubble into the result. So, while someone may have written a book or gave a presentation on a similar subject, I quiet myself to the thought that we all have something different and valuable to offer.

[Curt Rosengren]

Great quote, Maureen. Thanks. That's definitely an important part of the equation - there is no McSolution.

Adrian and Chris, I have to say I find myself falling prey to the same thing. I think the key is remembering that I'm giving it my own unique spin, offering my own unique solution. I have to remember that, while it's been done, it hasn't been done my way.