What happens when I miss a step?

This morning I was rushing to get out of my parents' house to catch a bus up to NYC. I missed the bottom step of the stairs that I've walked down thousands of times in my life and down I went. Hard.

What happens when I miss a step?

I end up on my ass.

When I realize what happened, I did a quick check to recalibrate, make sure nothing was broken or injured, laughed it off and then kept going.

Why am I sharing this?

Because I have many conversations with people who are so worried that they have to be perfect.

It is easy to get caught up in this mindset. If I make one wrong step, it could ruin everything. There is real fear behind this. We've seen it happen on social media countless times. It's a part of our culture these days just as much as gifs and tik tok (can't wait to see how this reference ages in a few years).

When we are fearful that one wrong step could derail our entire lives, we don't ever take that next step.

We become stagnant. We don't move. We freeze. We allow the fear to run the show.

It's no way to live.

If we want to achieve the greatness and impact we desire in this lifetime, we have to take steps each and every day knowing that some days we're going to miss a step. We have to trust in our abilities and reflexes to keep us safe and allow us to quickly recover.

Even with the misstep and wipeout this morning, I still made the bus, my day will go on, and in very short order it will be like it never happened. On to the next one.