Maybe we’re burned out on hearing promises.
So many of them end up being empty.
Let’s try something else…we can skip the glory and majesty and fanfare of making a promise and go straight to keeping a promise.
It might take a little longer for people to catch on to the promise but there will be no doubt about it.
It’s fun to ride the lightning on raw talent. You’re a natural. No need to work for it or think much about it because you’re that good and it always seems to show up. It’s a thrill. It’s a pure magical mystery. But deep down…you’re desperately hoping it will be there again when you need it. Terrified it might not be. Afraid it might leave and never come back and you won’t know how to get it back.
On the other hand…If you know how to work for it you’re more likely to be able to summon it when you need it. You’ll be able to call upon it. Because you know the pathways. You know the tricks. You know how to conjure it because you’ve worked for it, building it up. You know all the building blocks.
The thing you know how to work for becomes a reliable thing to trade on.
If you offer a toddler a million dollars to eat their lima beans they won’t take the deal.
And it’s too bad because that’s a lot of money…money that could buy any other food in the world.
But toddlers don’t value money. They aren’t playing the game of acquiring money to go buy what they want.
If you want a toddler to eat lima beans you have to get them to want to eat them. Toddlers want fun and excitement and funny faces and silly stories…which can be a lot harder to work up the energy for.
Sometimes I wish they’d just take the money.
The most exciting part is when everyone thinks the rocket ship is about to take off…not when you’re at the top, already blasted off into the stratosphere.
The top is easier, more luxurious and more lucrative…but as for excitement…excitement is about potential…just how much is in the powder keg…the fuse has been lit and we’re about to find out.
Anticipating the explosion is always more exciting than talking about it afterwards.