As you may know,
my work travels in trends.
Issues build, crest & crash
through my client roster
like so many waves.
One month, we’re all
considering sabbaticals.
Last month,
every child on the planet
left for college
and every parent collectively wondered
“what now?”
This month, I’m captivated
by a theme I’m responding to
with a battle cry I’m calling
“playing the long game”.
As a people, we are impatient.
We want change & we want it now.
And, preferably in a short, straight line.
In my experience,
life seldom happens that way.
Instead, you have to
play the long game.
And, before you tell me you’re
too old and too tired for
the long game,
You’re not.
Everyone — regardless of age —
has a long game left in him/her.
That means the best next move
may not be The Thing.
It may be the thing that gets you
One. Step. Closer.
to The Thing.
Point yourself to your
most compelling dream
and make your move.
That forward movement
may be so small only
you know you’re taking it.
Or so quiet only you hear it.
Take it or make it anyway.
You’ll know.
You’re on your way.
