I’ve been given different versions of failure my whole life:
- Instead of college, I decided to be in a band: “But you’ll miss out on starting a career?"
- Instead of starting a career, I started a company. “But what if your company fails?”
- Instead of buying a house, I built my own “How will you find the time?”
- Instead of traditional treatment for critical illness, I chose holistic therapies “But what if it doesn't work?”
- Instead of keeping my kids into mainstream schools, I educated them myself, found alternative schools, volunteering and projects around the world “How will they pass their exams?”
- Instead of staying in the UK, on the same path, I travelled with my family across 4 continents and finally relocated where our family is thriving. “But how will you make life work in different countries?”
Every decision I’ve made, people have said ‘but what if it doesn’t work out?”
It’s amazing to me, because I always say “well…what if it does?”
And if it doesn't - what's the worse case scenario?
Get a job. Start a career. Rent a house. Try traditional medicine. Go to mainstream school. Head back to the UK.
I haven't done anything amazing. I just did it differently.
And it maybe reveals more about the person asking, than it does about me.
My worst case scenario is often their current reality.
I'm not judging anyone.
I just think we are so quick to hop on the bandwagon of risk when we don't realize the real risk might be not starting, not taking the trip, not jumping.
The life you seek is on the other side of the choice you are avoiding.
If you’re over 40, that’s when staying static starts to burn. It did for me.
So today, take this as an invitation to not think…”but what if it doesn’t work out?
….and to start thinking….”but what if it did?”
Because, really - What's your worse case scenario?
Richard
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