Keith Goodrum

I remember as a kid we would go to my uncle’s lake to go swimming. It really wasn’t his lake. It was by his house. But for some reason my brothers & me use to call it his lake.

Anyhow we would go out on the dock and get ready to jump in for the first time. This was a deep lake in Michigan, and in the summer the water would be cold the first time you jumped in.

All of us kids would hesitate to jump in because of the shock of the cold water. We would stand there swinging our arms like we were going to dive in headfirst. But, no one would move. Then the conversation would turn into a back-n-forth of “You go first” “No, you go first” “I dare you to go first” “No, I dare youuu to go first.”

Then someone would say. “On the count of three we all jump in together” Head nods all around… of course you knew not to actually jump in on the count of three. You were trying to get some ’sucker’ to go first.

OK, so on the count of three…

ONE!

TWWOOOO!

THREE!

And nobody jumps in… You had tried your best fakey move to get someone else to go first, but it didn’t work. Since everybody had tried their best fakey move to draw someone else we were all slightly off balanced…. laughing and carrying on. At that point all it would take is the right push to make you fall in the water. So, you would reach over and give your neighbor a good shove.

Unfortunately you weren’t the only one to get the same idea, and usually everyone would go into the lake.

Hitting that water felt like jumping into ice water. It just grabs you and takes your breath away. But after the initial shock wears off, and you’ve been swimming around you don’t hesitate jumping in again and again

Isn’t that what’s like when we try something for the first time?

You get right up to the edge and peer in… You keep asking others if they’re going to do it. You might make a couple ‘fakey’ moves, but stop short.

Then finally you either jump in, or someone gives you a little push. At first there’s the shock, but it wears off. Pretty soon you are wondering why you took so long to get going.

I know I messed around getting the blog up. I’ve been playing around with the idea for a longtime. But, I kept stalling & putting off launching this thing. There’s one thing I can say about this now… Why did it take me so long?

So, what’s taking you so long?

A couple weeks ago in a blog post What’s The Greatest Success Secret Of All Time? I answered it was action.  Just jump in the lake… before you know it the initial shock will wear off and you’ll wonder what took you so long.

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