The Push

Did you ever say to yourself, "Gosh, it would be nice to have someone push me?"

If you're standing on a curb, you probably haven't thought that.

Or on the edge of the Grand Canyon, definitely not there.

But wouldn't it be nice in your business to get that little push from somebody else towards success?  Wouldn't it be nice if someone simply said, "I'm watching, and I know you can do it?"

Recently, I discovered I responded well to pushes from ghosts.  Well, not REAL ghosts, but people who aren't really there.  Last fall I had set a goal that one of our vice presidents had known about and encouraged me in.  He quit.  I did not.  I determined to hit that goal to prove that even though he quit, I did not.  Last week, we had an event that I admit I had not been properly inviting folks to.  Then I found out I was meeting with someone from the home office the following day.  I pushed, hard.  Had a great event.  The visitor never said a word to me about the event...and didn't have to.  I pushed myself.

Now I sit in a position were I am about to be truly pushed.  As in pushed to confront and move  forward.  I am sooooooo excited I can hardly stop thinking about it; yet I am slightly sad.  You see, I had this power all along.

I didn't need a real person to push me; I just needed the desire to push myself.  My "ghosts" were how I empowered myself to take action - neither would have known if I had failed, yet suddenly they took on larger than life significance for me.  I made myself accountable to the idea, and I did it.

Now imagine what I can do next...when pushed.