Step By Step, You Can Get To Your Moon
Channel: George Kao
Date: 2017-09-25

The sooner you want to build a viable business, the sooner you’ll need to do the challenging work necessary to build it. 

In other words, don’t avoid the "hard" work, the work that is needed to reach your vision. (If it didn't require hard work, you wouldn't be procrastinating, and you’d already be well on your way to your vision.)

The most common reason we avoid hard work is because we intimidate ourselves with imagining the whole project, and how daunting it is. We don't even know that we're the ones scaring ourselves. That's the problem. 

We meet resistance, and then do the easy stuff we already know, and delay our businesses even longer.

What you forgot is this -- Step by step, you can get *anywhere* you want to go!

Nothing is too difficult, if you are willing to take baby steps as needed. For any project no matter how large, you can always "chunk it down" to bite-sized pieces.

The key is to keep moving forward and keep the faith.

An inspiring, real-world example is Naveen Jain -- www.NaveenJain.com -- who is likely going to get us humans back to the moon within the next few years, and make it increasingly cheaper in the next few decades so that it becomes as doable as a current airplane ticket.

He's not a rocket scientist. But step by step, he learned what was necessary, and gradually he made the connections to the right technicians and financiers, to now be close to going to the moon.

What is your "moonshot"? What project so intimidates you to think about doing it, and yet, the possibility so exhilarates you? 

“Step by step” You can get to your own moon.

Today, don't just think about "getting to the moon" itself. Think about what the next doable step is. 

Step by doable step, you will get there.

Usually, you might get discouraged as you climb, because you keep comparing your current position with the end goal. That can take the wind out of your sails -- how far it feels. And so you are tempted to give up. You forgot that step by step you *will* get there, if you simply rest a little awhile, or ask for support.
 
You can achieve anything by doing this:

STEP 1. Brainstorm and write down the steps needed to get there. Right now, *the steps don't have to be in order.* Just write down what you already know is needed. 

STEP 2. Next, re-order the steps based on what needs to come first, second, third. 

STEP 3. Notice if there is a large gap between any step. If so, brainstorm the small or doable steps needed to fill that large gap. A doable step doesn't take very long to do, and is usually a visible action. (For example, "brainstorm ideas" is not visible, but "write down 3 ideas" is visible, as in, you can see evidence when someone does it.)

STEP 4. At any point you get stuck in the brainstorming, you have options...

Option A -- Go into a Facebook group like Awarepreneurs (or a private coaching group if you’re part of one) and ask people what steps they would put into that gap. Be sure to give them context by sharing what steps you've already brainstormed. Or if you are shy, privately ask a friend or two. Or talk to your coach/mentor.

Option B -- Give it a rest and come back in a little while, or the next day, and you'll often be surprised that you have new / better ideas than before. This is the brain's "diffused mode" at work. Your brilliant subconscious mind is working on the problem while your conscious mind is doing other things.

Option C -- Use both options above: post the question, then come back the next day to add your own ideas to the thread! That way, everybody interested in that topic can benefit.

STEP 5. Take the next doable step, knowing that as you take action, more clarity will be revealed. And know that at any step, you can always ask for help!

Also, as you take each step, remember your higher Truth, and embody that as you move forward. Sample mantras:

Step by Joyful Step
Step by Loving Step
Step by Gentle Step

Step by ____ Step
(Fill in the blank with your preferred word each day.)

Other helpful mantras:

"I don’t have to know what the right order is."

"The stepping stones I have used are the perfect ones for my path somehow."

"As I take another step, more clarity will be revealed."

"Get into action now."

"Action creates momentum."

"Action creates confidence."

So go ahead now and apply the 5 steps above, to the project you would love to accomplish!