“When” can be a destroyer of movement. “When” can subvert greatness. And people succumb to it all the time.
“I will step up *when* I get paid more.”
“I will do more than the minimum requirement *when* I get more recognition.”
“I will go out of my way *when* someone goes out of their way for me.”
“I will make decisions *when* I’m the boss.”
Etc. etc. etc. ad infinitum.
This brings the question, how many “whens” need to come to fruition before you actually do something? When do the “whens” end?
When you put “when” under this lens, it becomes clear that “when” is standing in your way. “When” has become an excuse. “When” has become a crutch for inaction. “When” has become your way of rationalizing not going out on a limb to do things that might not work or might stretch you, or, big fear here, take a lot of effort. Put simply, “when” has become your own tyrannical overseer keeping you in your place.
But you can rebel. You can overcome.
- Be courageous. When you feel a “when” coming on, say no. Turn to it and say “’When’ is now.”
- Stop thinking about yourself and start thinking about what your action might do for others, what your action might do to make a little corner of our world better.
- Do something. Step up, do more, go out of your way, make decisions, just do it.
It. Can (Should). Be. Done.
“When” is one of our great paralyzers. It can keep us still and stop us from being greater than we knew we could be. But we can end it. We can have courage. We can (need to/must) think outside of ourselves and do something.
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Neal Woodson 