As usual, I was struck by a post by my favorite blogger, Bill Ferriter (The Tempered Radical), dated January 29th. My take on his post is that we need to ask ourselves, "What is it about innovators that makes them different from others?" Or better yet, where do we start if we want to be more innovative? His answer was to ask "What if..?" instead of saying, "Yeah but..." I appreciated the following quote: "We're all too ready to trip over the hurdles in front of us without even attempting to jump." He's right. Innovators are "Do-ers" who start with the question, "What if...." and then explore all of the possibilities, never allowing themselves to be satisfied with sitting on their "Yeah buts."
Change is inevitable. If we sit on our "Yeah buts" we will become obsolete...much like the way Block Buster almost did before they got on board with online movie rentals. They would have been passed by as has beens had they dug their heels in and resisted the wave of change that was happening, despite how comfortable they had become as the movie rental giants of the past. Bell Ferriter asked his readers these questions, and I am passing them on to you:
What small step can you take today?
What larger step can you take next week?
What giant leap can you take a month from now? A year from now?
The bottom line is to move forward.
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