A New Day

A New Day


I just read a great quote and wanted to share.

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” - Maria Robinson

Having run a couple of businesses for over 20 years, sometimes I forget this fact. As my mom always says, “what’s done is done”. In the technology business, this is the case more often than not. Is that a 9600 baud modem I hear?!? What is interesting about the quotation is that it doesn’t focus on the past to emphasize moving forward. It captures the essence of “why” we sometimes need to change. We are all working toward something right?…I said RIGHT?!?

Change for the sake of change, while interesting, is unproductive. To go back and analyze that change, while important, brings the usual “should have, could have, would have”.

The quote is really about long term strategic thinking. We often work in the moment. e.g. working tactically Working strategically allows us the luxury of changing the ending to the journey whenever we need to do it. By focusing on the ending of the story, it allows us to virtually start over fresh on what we are doing without having to relive the past. I have suffered greatly a few times for not changing the ending to my business journey. I have also benefited greatly from writing a new ending. Consider the experience of going to a movie. Imagine the movies you would consider seeing if halfway through you could decide the type of ending you wanted?!? How about the Godfather? Dare I say Marlon Brando in Drag?!?

Why would you worry about seeing a movie? You would be freed from any preconceived notion or past experience and would expand your mind to places you had never imagined. You would know that the ending is always what you wanted. Make your life that way! Don’t hang on to your past. It’s a new day. Find your finish line and GO!