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Inspirational Color Quote of the Week Go Green “If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the 'right' thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It's like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.” --Robert Kiyosaki (businessman, author, financial educator) What do you think? Are you the kind of person who doesn’t like taking risks or who procrastinates at making decisions or taking actions? Alternatively do you tend to jump in too fast, without giving things enough thought? These are hard questions because often there are no right answers. But think about it. You’re deciding where to go on your next vacation. Whether you want to change jobs. Whether it’s time to start a new relationship. The choices might involve the day-to day things we often don’t even think of as choices, or they might encompass some of the most defining decisions we’ll ever need to make. Ok, let’s hope most are the former, and let’s get more conscious about all the small choices and decisions we make on a routine basis. To call in sick on a given day. To eat a “healthy” or less healthy lunch. To stay home on a Friday night or to call a friend to find an adventure. In itself each one of these might not seem so consequential, but taken together, even these “small” choices add up to contribute to the fabric of our lives. I like Mr. Kiyosaki’s quote. It encourages us to get in the game and take appropriate action, and it does so by using an image (green lights) we can all relate to. Think about it for a minute. I like the metaphor of a green light; you’ve got a choice to make; as the universal symbol to go, waiting for that green signal seems like an apt way to think about choices. What signals point in the direction of saying yes/ stepping out there? For me, the metaphor of green light (on or off) simplifies any choice and helps make things concrete. By whatever process you use, you can say ok, here it’s green; I’ll go do it. On the flip side, the image of needing 5 miles of green lights before you take your first step is humorous enough to make you realize that waiting too long can be ridiculous. Five miles of green lights! Your vehicle is at the front of the line; a lot of cars are behind you; you’re holding up traffic! Decide already!, Two other thoughts here deepen how we understand decisions. As Mr. Kiyosaki says, “If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the 'right' thing to happen, you might wait for a long time.” So, there’s the flip side of go: the understandable inertia that keeps us doing the same old thing, the hesitation to risk a mistake, the possibility that something better will come along if we just wait. No doubt All justifiable considerations that can influence decisions and make us pull back. Though as he says, they can make us hesitate too long, risking missed opportunities. But then Mr. Kiyosaki also puts forward the image, no matter what we do with all the lights and signals out there, of starting a trip. You’re in it for the long haul. There’s a trip, a journey, the start of a vacation, the first step taken to begin an adventure. Doesn’t that image take the pressure off? Sure there are wrong moves, bad decisions and even downright mistakes. Let’s remember the signals that encourage us to get going might also point us in directions of correcting those mistakes, and if each choice is only one piece of a larger journey, there’s so much more room for re-routing and learning. In the end and no matter what our perspectives, let’s take advantage of the signals; quite simply, green encourages us to go. How do these ideas resonate with you, and what are one or two actions you might want to take in the next day or so on that basis?
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AuthorI am a Life Coach, a Color Wisdom Card Practitioner, and yes, even a Professor (political science, State University of New York at Albany). I use the Color Wisdom Cards to support clients in exploring priorities and taking concrete actions to stay on track with the goals they set. Because in my own life I have overcome a lot of self-doubt, I want to work with people towards more confidence and self-empowerment. You can do it! What is it you want to do? Categories
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