Just Do It
I don't know where this deeply human-founded stupidity comes from, this idea that something can't be done. As a species, we've proved to ourselves that we can quite literally aim for the stars and walk on the moon. Meanwhile, we still sometimes have the deeply rooted audacity to say something isn't possible or can't be done when the thing in front of us isn't nearly as wild as something we've already achieved before.
When you think about it like that in the moment, it really does make you wonder.
The “Impossible” Excuse
There's this line I use when someone is struggling with something. More often than not, the issue is that the solution or system they're using to achieve the thing is wrong.
So I've used the line,
"we're sending rockets out into space and you're telling me this is impossible?"
more times than I can count. Sure, it's a bit harsh, but also... is it? I feel like there's a lot of merit and truth behind that statement.
And this doesn't just apply to business and deliverables. The same applies to life.
Panic Mode vs Progress
When you're faced with tough situations, you often have multiple choices and ways to wiggle your way back into moving forward instead of crashing, burning, and getting stuck. But many people default to panic mode. They act like the world is about to crash and burn because, in the moment, it might genuinely feel like that, and the solution doesn't always feel obvious.
But I have this belief that there's a solution to just about anything. If you dig deep enough, you'll find it.
Discomfort Is the Price
And the reason many people fail at the step of implementing a fix is because we block out uncomfortable shifts. Because discomfort is often tied to something "bad", the same way mistakes are seen as "bad". But that's not actually the case. In many ways, the opposite is true.
When you make as many mistakes as you can early on, and when you get uncomfortable often, you are actually growing. You become excellent at problem solving. Because if you really want something badly enough, this is the sacrifice. This is the cost of getting where you want to be.
It's very easy to fall into the worry trap. You let stress and anxiety win instead of doing the thing you actually need to do to fix the situation. Because it's easier. But what feels easy in the moment can sometimes be extremely harmful to yourself long term.
The more you think negative things, the more you draw negativity. And this isn't some manifestation bullshit talk. That is fact. When you have a "just do it" mindset, results will come and things will start happening.
How Perfection Actually Works
I recently watched the series "Being Gordon Ramsay", and there's this one scene on the opening night of the new restaurant where he literally says, "make as many mistakes as you can tonight so we can come back tomorrow flawless." He even encouraged the first group of people experiencing the venue and the food to only tell him what was bad or what the problems were.
It's a brilliant take, and a prime example of how striving for perfection actually works. It's not instant. You get there by making as many mistakes as possible, failing as much as possible, because that's how you learn and grow.
Next time you face a problem, no matter how disruptive it is to your life or how stressful it feels, I can guarantee you there's an uncomfortable move you can make to fix the situation and get things back on track. It might not feel funky fresh, but genuinely, from personal experience, the secret options that can really change your situation often lie in the things that seem scary on the surface.
The solutions we avoid are often not things we can't do, but things we won't do.
And there's a big difference between those two.
Worrying about the thing is not doing the thing. Thinking about the thing is not doing the thing. The only thing that's doing the thing is doing the thing.
So... maybe just do it.
