One of my favorite movies is ‘What About Bob’ which stars
Bill Murray and Richard Dryfuss. The story is about a PhD dad who is well
intentioned but out of touch with his kids and wife. One of his patients, Dr.
Dad is a phycologist, is Bob who has some real struggles in life but excels in
showing real care and concern to the Doctor.’s kids. The Doctor is in the process
of publishing a book, ‘Baby Steps’, that ultimately Bob uses to shame Dr. Dad.
The opportunity today as you wake up to a new day is to realize that life
changes happen one baby step at a time.
The difficulty or
crisis today is that too many people fail to see that the path to accomplishing
their dreams always comes back to taking small steps each day that are
intentional and then the great deeds or dreams will then come into fruition. I
truly hope there was a proverbial short cut or easy path to pursue but please
here me THERE ISN’T! I have fond memories dialoguing with my son over the topic
of what is most important in life? Education, experience or who you know? The
aging father in this context always came back to the fact that you couldn’t
skimp on education, experience or networking in today’s world if you are going
to get a job or accomplish your dreams.
Looking back over my life I can admit to the fact that I
wasn’t very good at seeing the hard work that went into what looked simple when
I saw the accomplishments of my dad, a decorated Air Force Officer who flew
B-52s in Vietnam or my young Scoutmaster. Now that I’m the one that has figured
out it’s better to get up at 5am and make the day happen there are many around me
that that truly think I’m the miracle worker or expert. Yet, the reality is
that I’ve learned the obvious, it’s no secret, that nothing happens unless you
take one little step at a time! There isn’t any secret formula to success,
doing better in school or becoming a more caring parent or spouse.
It’s so true that few of us intentionally plan to fail in
life. Yet, when you choose not to plan, take little steps, you are sowing the
seeds of self-destruction.
Time for taking baby steps!
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