Life’s One Big Road Trip
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:00AM 
You’ve set your goal. But you’re afraid to act because you don’t know what it’s going to take to get it. Should you give up? Of course not.
You’ve taken the most important step – you know what you want. Knowing what you want is more important than knowing how to get it. Start where you are. The “how’s” will be discovered as you go.
For example, you’re driving to a new city you’ve never been to before. You get your map, fill up the tank, and head off. But you misread your map and end up 200 miles off course. Your transmission drops out. You have a flat. Do you give up? Go home? Never. You stay focused on your goal. You find a way to overcome your difficulties. The answers appeared as you needed them and not one minute before.
Know what you want. Act. The answers will come.
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Thank you for your thorough and insightful post.
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