Starting Line
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
Zig Ziglar
I recently came across a cartoon that hit me hard…
My favorite line: “I think it will start poorly, but who knows how it will end.”
I think of this as the Beginner’s Paradox:
You have to start poorly to end well. Every expert started out as a beginner.
Take Michael Jordan, for instance. Cut from his high school basketball team, he could have easily given up.
Instead, he used that failure as fuel, practicing tirelessly to improve his skills.
His journey from that initial setback to becoming one of the greatest basketball players of all time is a testament to the power of embracing the beginner’s journey.
Your entire life will change when you start to embrace that embarrassment of being a beginner.
The only way to accomplish something meaningful is to endure days, weeks, months, or even years of embarrassing failure.
Those who embrace that feeling of embarrassment will eventually win.
In economics, the concept of “creative destruction” illustrates how new innovations often start as disruptive and imperfect.
Yet, these initial failures pave the way for significant breakthroughs.
Companies like Apple and Amazon began with modest, sometimes flawed products, but their willingness to iterate and improve led to their monumental success.
Remember: You have to start poorly to end well.
Embrace it, and let the story unfold.
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