I’m in the middle of a huge business project and it is taking some time to complete. I noticed a while ago that I kept putting it off because it seemed too overwhelming until I decided to tackle one piece of the project at a time. It feels so great when I complete each piece and as I can see the project coming together.
Seeing the whole picture is a critical part of creating something but it can also be overwhelming when we’re in the initial stages of creation.
Author Anne Lamott tells this story: “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ”Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” (Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird)
That’s great advice for anything we want to accomplish. Bird by bird.
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I wasn’t sure where to leave suggestions of guests for your new seminar so this will have to do. I adore listening to Ann Taylor & Jo Dunning and I recommend them as speakers. Thanks.
Thanks, Carol, for your suggestions. Other people have suggested Ann and Jo as well so I will definitely have to contact them about interviews.
You can always reach me at [email protected] or right here on my blog as you did!