Name a worse scenario than your teammate holding the ball while runners are running and scoring around the bases. Or your teammate holding the ball while the shot clock runs out. Or your teammate holding the baton in a relay disqualifying the team from the race.
Name something worse than feeling stuck in a holding pattern with your career, business, and relationships while watching the game… or life going on without you.
At the moment, all you want is for your teammate to throw or pass the ball. All you know is that everything can move forward if they would get out of the holding pattern. The play can end, the shot can be made, and you have a chance to actually win. But the positive possibilities are impossible when nothing is happening.
I remember holding the ball at a young age and hearing screams from the parents, coaches, and teammates to “throw the ball!!”
Why did I hold the ball, though?
Because I wasn’t sure if I would make a good throw, likely because I didn’t know where to throw it. I thought standing there, looking at and assessing all of my options, was better than just taking an option and learning the best way later. I wanted to make the right decision so badly that I didn’t make any decisions at all.
Sound familiar?
Sometimes we won’t know where to throw the ball in life. We stay in the same place, suffering from analysis paralysis, waiting for the right moment to make a move. I’ll admit to holding the ball in life, being hesitant to make a move, then looking up a month or year later and being mad that I’m still in the same spot. I’m not upset at the fact that I made the “wrong” decision but the fact that I didn’t make any decision at all.
Regret is often found in what you DON’T do. I encourage you to do something… ANYTHING this week that will get you closer to where you want to be. Know that you can make necessary adjustments later and trust that it will all come together for your win in the end.
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