The Power of 'Anyway'...

So, I committed to coming on and writing a LinkedInArticle each Saturday - so why are you doing it on Friday?... you might ask.

#SaturdayServing on a Friday - how very subversive!

But not really - I've had some great conversations on LinkedIn, and met some incredible people, but am wondering if it's not just another way to hide - by posting at a time when less people will actually see what I wrote.

Which is classic...

Doing stuff - but not really DOING stuff - out of fear.

But I was so inspired by this poem from Dr Kent M. Keith - and popularised by Mother Theresa, that I have decided to give my #SaturdayServing the Friday Treatment - in the hopes that it helps, inspires and encourages someone else.

Any-Way

The message is clear... because there's always a really good, powerful reason not to do what is right. Or what is needed. OR what is uncomfortable.

Other people, bad circumstances, fake friends and true enemies. They are all there.

And yet there's another force at work.

The power of 'anyway' and that power comes along with huge force and dramatic impact.

The Quiet Power of 'Anyway'

The power of 'anyway' says SO WHAT to all of that.

A powerful concept that I'm coming to understand is best put in a quote I heard recently:

Your excuses are not an excuse. Because for every disadvantage, challenge and reason that you keep telling yourself that you can't... Someone else had the same disadvantage, challenge and reason - and did it ANYWAY

See, there's that word again. And the power that comes along with it.

Often that power is quite quiet. It's to scream or make a scene... but it will get things done. Powerful things. Game-changing things.

The power of deciding rather than reacting...

Of getting it done ANY WAY because it's the right thing to do, is something that goes to the very core of who I am as a person and the kind of business that I'm building.

• You will find me being honest anyway
• You will find me constantly assessing if I'm the best fit for you - my integrity won't let you stay if you're not.
• You will find me striving for better for you - and holding a vision of you even if you can't hold that incredible vision of you for yourself right now.

'Anyway' has such power, because the control lies with you - but it is also a gift. The opportunity to use your agency in that way is so very precious and not to be squandered.

The Habit of Anyway

Anyway has been at work in all our lives since forever - and you can see it all around you. Those incredible things you've achieved were done because you decided to do them anyway. That excess weight, debt or undesirable outcome - are because you didn't let storms or hail or silly things like 'having the money' stand between your favourite ice-cream, impulse buy or whatever the habit was... you did it ANYWAY.

Even if it was inconvenient

Even when it didn't make sense.

So since you're already in the habit of 'anyway' - how are you going to turn and use it to your favour? How will you use anyway to do some magic on the things you actually want?

It starts with a few audacious anyways right now

• Get clear on your goals, even ones that you have no idea how you will get there, anyway
• Get clear on what your current ANYWAYS are... are they helping or hurting what you want and who you want to be.
• Find out the ANYWAYS you need to get to where and who you want to be.
• Get there ANY WAY. Decide that you're going to do it anyway - and then do what you've decided.

Anyway is happening and is at work in our lives all the time. How is that power showing up in your life? In your relationships? In your business? In your bank account?

What get's done for you ANYWAY? - because it speaks to the kind of person you are (or even better, casts a powerful vote for the kind of person that you want to be?) .

I want to be a writer, and writers write. I want to be a thought leader... leader, and leader lead, thinkers think. So be guided by 3 words when you find yourself stalling or faltering...

DO IT ANYWAY

"Publish a LinkedIn Article... and no one may see it. People may think you're daft, or crazy or dumb. They may not like it. They may steal it. Worse of all... they may simply ignore it.

Publish it anyway."