In 1989 I randomly sat next to a cute girl at college orientation. I mustered the courage to say hi. I’ve been married to that girl for 26 years.
In 1999 a friend invited me to try rock climbing. I said yes and discovered a life-long passion.
In 2017 while sitting in a board meeting I had an epiphany: This isn't the life I want. I quit my job and moved the fam to Boulder with no plan. The rest is history.
Here’s the crazy thing about life:
One action, one decision, one pivotal moment can change everything (for better or worse).
But here's the trick:
You don’t know beforehand which action will be the game-changer.
That’s why it’s important to have a strong bias toward action. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Make that phone call you’ve been putting off
Push through when you feel like quitting
Have that uncomfortable conversation
Introduce yourself to that cute guy/girl
Check out that church or faith group
Ask for that promotion or raise
Apply for that new job
Sign up for that class
Start that side hustle
Post that tweet
Take that trip
The world belongs to the bold. Be a seeker, open to change and opportunity.
And most importantly...
Shoot your shot.
Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo:
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
2 flights in 4 with @British_Airways cancelled! And now tomorrow I am rescheduled but my son is rescheduled to a different airport!!! And no one can help!! ….. anyone else experiencing this??
Most expensive appliances revealed – and parts of UK where it’s most expensive to use them - question is why this is double than other parts of the world !! https://t.co/XO6wvZIdfY
The team have been incredibly busy at events the last couple of weeks, including a visit to the Hippodrome Casino for a pub watch hosted by our friends at @SaferWestEnd! Will you gamble with your digital security?
#CyberSecurity#CyberResilience
Incredible to read about this 700 year old process. Another example of the rich history in the #cityoflondon . British coins tested for quality in 700-year-old ‘Trial of the Pyx’ https://t.co/1rvAorTQSd
Proud and humbled this week to receive the freedom of the city of London. Being a part of the #London livery companies and specifically the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists is an honour and a privilege.