Entreprenurial Development - Throw Your Cap!
Friday, July 3rd, 2009I recently read an anecdote about the Irish writer Frank O’Connor. When he was a young boy, he and a good friend spent a lot of time wandering their Irish countryside. Whenever they came to an orchard with a wall too high to climb, they would throw their caps over the wall so they would have no choice but to figure out a way to retrieve them.
I love that!
Instead of seeing a wall, they saw a challenge.
Instead of seeing themselves blocked off, they saw an opportunity to rethink the obvious.
Instead of seeing their day ruined by something bigger than themselves, they saw a giant to be vanquished.
By throwing their caps over a wall they couldn’t climb over, these enterprising young men taught themselves how to think creatively. They also chose to be excited over an obstacle instead of being defeated by it.
This is such a great lesson for us.
Each of us will face walls that at first appear too high to climb. These are times when we feel trapped by something much bigger than we think we can handle - times when we feel overwhelmed or even paralyzed by fear or anxiety.
We have several choices at those times.
We can:
- try to ignore the issue and hope it goes away,
- run away from it and hope we can out-distance it, or
- face it head-on and decide to deal with it.
I believe that most of the time, we need to choose the last option. The moment we do, we’ve started the process of overcoming that which is blocking our way.
Let’s allow our minds to think beyond the norm and imagine ways to recover our equilibrium by coming up with as many options as possible to reclaim our “hats.”
When you feel too overwhelmed to come up with options by yourself (and who doesn’t at times?) talk with a trusted friend, colleague, or counselor. Or divorce yourself from your problem and brainstorm alternatives as if it belongs to someone else and you are helping them come up with different options.
Knowing your hat is on the other side of the wall lets you know the wall is not the end - it is only a challenge, an opportunity to help you see and travel farther on the journey we call life.
Choose to be a hat thrower and you will definitely be on the right road to living your dreams. Today, as you take the needed steps toward your passions don’t be discouraged by what looks like a roadblock!
You can overcome anything in your way. It may take a little while but you’ll make it! I know you will because…
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