Its a little early to be thinking of snow I admit, though the word snowballing was the perfect word for what I wanted to talk about this week.
Have you ever found yourself agreeing to something and then it just taking over?
This very thing happened to me this week. I was at one of my regular business breakfasts when someone asked the questions “Do you want to do some stand up?“. I didn’t say “Yes” and then I didn’t exactly say “No” either. I said “Tell me more” It was at this point I knew I was involved. I had taken that very first tentative step outside of my comfort zone. There were 1001 voices in my head screaming, “You’re not funny“, “that’s scary stuff” and “what will other people think?” one loan voice was saying “what do you have to lose? It will be good for you“. And somehow the loan voice was shouting loader that ALL the others put together.
And that loan voice is right. I’m comfortable standing up in front of an audience. What I’m not so comfortable about is my ability to stand in front of them and be funny. Its way outside of my comfort zone. That said, I have nothing to lose and a lot to be gained, but it all starts from one small step and will snowball from there. Now that I have agreed to do it, I’m choosing to tune into the positive voices in my head. I have confidence that they will be there for me as I take bigger and bigger steps beyond my comfort zone.
The next layer of the snowball is to start to tell people then it becomes hard to change my mind. Once I start fundraising then there will be no backing out.
Snowballing is easy, its about taking that first step. So next time you want to tackle something but a huge part of you is trying to talk you out of it, just take that first step and let the rest of it snowball from there.
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copyright Carolyn Trafford
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2 Responses
Yes!….one small step, contacting the university, one husband saying go on you know you want to….snowballs very quickly and here I am starting my degree!
Exactly – I wonder where it will lead ……