You Know …. You Know the Thing! Part 1

You are longing for something more, or you are discontent where you are now or more than likely, you feel both of those things. 

Whatever it is, whether it is a change in career, a relationship, your health, or your finances, the first thing I want to encourage you to do is to suspend the requirement of knowing how you’re going to do something or how things are going to work out for you. 

Why You Must Suspend the ‘HOW’

What happens for most people when they want to get from where they are at and navigate to a new or different place, is that they get stuck getting ready. 

We get stuck because we do not know how to do something, and we do not know how it is going to work out. We think that we have to know all the answers before we take the next step. My encouragement for you is to suspend that requirement of knowing exactly how it is going to work out. 

Emerson said, ‘do the thing and you will have the power.’

Do the thing. Start to do whatever it is you yearn for without knowing all of the answers or all of the ‘how’s.’ How will I do this? How will I get the time? How will I get the money? How will I learn what I need to know?

Why You Must ‘Do the Thing’ First

Set out on the journey, and you will get the energy to do the thing. When he refers to the power of energy, he is not speaking about physical stamina. He is not saying if you do the thing, then you will get the physical energy. He is universally talking about energy. The energy that encompasses, or is, everything. 

So he is saying, do the thing, and then you get the energy. That energy is the clarity, the time, the money, the resources, the ideas, the thoughts, the connections, and everything else you will need to keep moving forward. And all of those energies will answer your ‘how.’

The Recipe for Staying Stuck

One of the main things that can sabotage success and growth is the need to know everything. This is especially prevalent among the more analytical types like doctors, engineers, accountants, and so forth. 

They haven’t even taken their first step toward freedom and autonomy, but they have to know the exact path and number of steps they are going to have to take. 

It is not going to happen! It does not work that way. 

Let’s take a journey down history lane. The Wright brothers, who introduced us to flight, did not have a pilot's license. Initially, they didn't know how they were going to build their plane. Once they did build it, they did not know how to fly it. And once they got into the air, they didn't know how to land it. They had to suspend the requirement of knowing what they were doing.

Edison did not know how to illuminate the world. Salk did not know how he would create a vaccine for polio. 

And chances are you do not know exactly how you will fulfill your longing for something more, but the important thing is that you start. 

Do the thing!

Check out part 2 later this week. 

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