Isaac Newton once made the remark that he could only do what he’d done because he was standing on the shoulders of giants.
Meaning his scientific discoveries were only as good as those that came before him.
And those that came before him were just as largely based on those that came before them.
The study of human advancement over the centuries is pretty amazing.
Sure, there are plenty of dark spots, but the long trend is generally upward.
Collectively, we seem to have this drive to keep advancing.
I saw a pretty cool video the other day of the first rocket that blasted off, flew around in the upper atmosphere, and then landed, but in the reverse of how took off.
Right back down on the launch pad. Like watching a lift-off in reverse.
For a long time, a few people have been trying to create a business of tourist space flight.
Yeah, it would only be for rich people, but it’s always that way at first.
Long, long time ago, travel by rail was only for rich people.
Now regular folks can fly all over the world.
It’s possible to live your own life like this, but it’s not guaranteed.
It’s all based on the habits you cultivate.
If you have some really big, really specific goals, way out there, and you make it a habit to do SOMETHING on a daily basis, you can build a pretty impressive life.
On the other hand, if you just hope you get there “somehow,” you might get lucky, but then again you might not.
Most people are terrified of risk. Which is why they are afraid to take action.
Many people want some kind of guarantee that what they are trying will eventually pan out.
Unless they are SURE, they don’t budge.
But in reality, they are ignoring the biggest risk of all.
And that is to get to the end of your life, look back, and say, “Wow, what happened?”
The great paradox is that the more consistently you take small risks, they less likely you’ll end up with nothing.
Meaning the most effective way to make sure the BIGGEST risk of all doesn’t happen is to take a bunch of small risks.
Imagine if you were on a golf course. And you could wait and take one HUGE swing, or you could take a lot of little swings.
But you were so embarrassed to look goofy taking a bunch of little swings, you waited until the last moment to take that one big swing.
If the ball goes in the hole, you’d look pretty good. But if your ball flies off into the lake, well, game over.
But if you take small shots, ten or fifteen yards apiece, you’d almost be guaranteed to get into the hole eventually.
Of course, in golf, the number of strokes is important.
But not in life.
In life, it’s the final result that counts.
And all the intermediary results in between.
Small actions daily build up.
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