Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died. – Author Unknown
Let me tell you a story.
Two seeds lay in a shallow depression in a field where the farmer had thrown them. As autumn arrived, birds searching for worms and the wintery wind loosened the earth which slowly starts to cover them up. Patiently they waited as the nights grew longer and the days grew colder. Autumn turned to winter. The ground turned frosty and they felt cold.
The snow came in and the pressure increased from the weight of the winter snow piling up above ground. Eventually the pressure eased, the snow melts and the soil once again became soft and moist. Warm spring winds gently began to caress the fields and both seeds could feel strange and powerful urges within themselves.
Still covered up and pressed down by the earth, the first little seed pondered, “I wonder what’s up there” and like a nation coming out of recession, he began to push curious little green shoots upwards in the direction of the earth’s crust. “And I wonder what’s down there” he said as he began to push enquiring little roots into the soil below.
But the second little seed said, “I have no idea what’s up there. It could be scary. And I don’t know what’s down there. That’s really frightening. So I think I’ll stay here a little longer. (from More Magic of Metaphor: Stories for Leaders,Influencers and Motivators 
Like the seed that’s saying to itself, “I think I’ll stay here a little longer. It could be dangerous up there and who knows what’s down there”, what is keeping you where you are when all the signs tell you this is not where you should be? Are you afraid of taking a step into the unknown? Do you lack the confidence in your own ability? Maybe you are enjoying where you are and you have lost your appetite for battle. You have become a big fish in a little pond.
For you reading this today, a gap exists between what you want to do and what you are doing. There should always be a gap because inside of you is a desire to reach out for more. The two seeds in my earlier story represents the two struggles that you will go through from time to time.
One part of you wants to reach out to start a new business venture but then another voice tells you that the world economic conditions are unstable. There is a promotion opportunity at work and you want to put yourself forward, but then this second voice tells you that you do not have the required skills and qualifications. You stay on for so long in a job that you hate; a job that is taking you farther away from your dreams because you find comfort and security where you are.
Yes stepping out of the familiarity and safety of a routine job into the uncharted waters of running your own business can be scary. Accepting the promotion and becoming responsible for leading twenty people as the branch manager can be equally daunting.
If you can see it as done then you can make it happen.
“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve”. Can you see it? Do you believe you can achieve it? ~ Napoleon Hill
It’s time to stop waiting and take the next step. If you have to improve your skills to get the promotion, please do it now. If you dream of owning your own business someday, begin today, do the research and write your plan.
Leave a comment and tell me why you hesitate.