Fear of change is a reoccurring theme at Pharo Cattle Company™. We hammer on it because it is debilitating, it stops progress and it prevents ranchers from being as successful as they could be. Most people feel “safe” in their generational routines and fall back on “this is how we have always done it.”
To step out and try something new would be a huge risk that most people just can’t fathom. Even if they know they must change, they drag their feet trying to figure out the perfect plan to avoid any risk. Sometimes the hardest part about change is getting started.
Farnam Street addressed “getting started” this week in their blog:
“The willingness to figure things out as you go is often the only difference between those who achieve difficult things and those who never begin. As Picasso observed, ‘To know what you are going to draw, you have to begin drawing.’”
The first movement to overcome friction is always the hardest, but we have to start somewhere! Many people get stuck in the “paralysis by analysis” stage, where they do nothing because they overthink everything, or they don’t know where to start. My advice has always been to start small. It doesn’t matter what it is, just get started!
The worst thing we can do is to get hung up in the details. The psychology behind “just get started” is that one small step leads to another, then another, then a bigger step, until we start seeing progress. The end result is that we begin to seek out change, we look for better ways, and we challenge the status-quo.
Too many people have become lazy in their thinking. They would rather let the seed companies, the feed companies, the pharmaceutical reps and the chemical companies think for them. The real breakthrough in this whole process is learning to think for ourselves. Are you ready to get started?
Quote Worth Re-Quoting
“If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning and getting ready for it. What you should be doing is getting started.” ~ Drew Houston