Choose Right FromThe 'GET GO'

 

While watching the Netflix Series "Billionaire's Bunker", someone advised:  YOU MUST CHOOSE RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO".  And I CAN'T agree less with this because in any endeavor OR path we need to thread, way prior to the GET-GO, ideally, everything has to be crystal clear.  Your goal.  Your path to take.  Your strategy.  Your 'WHAT IF' scenarios to mitigate risks identified up front.  And you've got to reconcile your short-term goals with the medium-term and preferably, to be strategic, with your long-term💚💛💜

To quote the great American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, YOU DON'T HAVE SEE THE WHOLE STAIRCASE.  JUST TAKE THE FIRST STEP.  And if I piggy-back from there, CHOOSE RIGHT FROM THE 'GET GO'.  Nothing gets better than having an auspicious start.  Look no farther than during our school days.  Nothing beats Day-1 if we started off enjoying the whole day with our classmates we missed during the school break😊😊😊

WHICH reminds me of the Dutch style wherein my boss, our Dutch IT Manager then, brought me [right on my Day-1] at his favorite bar in the middle of the city's red light district, right at 12 high noon.  Before I get whacked, allow me to take exception to that kind of Day-1 because I won't vouch for it, definitely NOT the way to CHOOSE RIGHT FROM THE 'GET GO'.  But other than that outlier, let's go back to all our Day-1's.  Be it your Day-1 in your new job or Day-1 in the operations of your commercial foray, it augurs well that we CHOOSE RIGHT FROM THE 'GET GO'.  Now, let's run WHAT IFs.  WHAT IF you flop right on your Day-1???

YES YES yowww, definitely, if you flop right on Day-1, it WON'T be the 'end of the world', absolutely NOT unless Armageddon happens, knock on wood.  BUT nevertheless, WHO would welcome that kind of Day-1?  NOT me, definitely.   NOW, let's go back to basics.  HOW do we want to start our week?  Very obviously, we want things to start right, right?  Let's take a leaf from competitive sports.  Right from the buzzer, the basketball hoops coach will always remind his First 5 players to ignite a fast-paced first quarter.  WHY take that fast-paced first quarter?  Simple.  The team wants to pile up more than enough points WHILE leaving the opposing team huffing and puffing, whew!@#$%?

Our takeaway:  Like it OR not, how much effort will one exert at the starting line versus the FINISH LINE?  Normally, it's at the FINISH LINE.  BUT can we take a paradigm shift.  WHY DON'T we CHOOSE RIGHT FROM THE 'GET GO'?  The UPSIDEs run up with a 100 to 1 ratio with the DOWNSIDEs and still counting😉😉😉