Keep your eye on the prize....

Not everything you create turns out right initially: trust me, I know. Sometimes you don’t know enough, other times you don’t know what you don’t know; and then there are times when the timing isn’t right. I didn’t know enough the first time I managed a mass hiring process: collecting and storing that much information was challenging. I didn’t know what I didn’t then then as well: computers were new in the workplace then and it was not yet understood what they could do. And the timing wasn’t right then either, again because computers were so new and there weren’t enough trained and qualified specialists.  But I didn’t dwell on what went wrong: I read everything I could find about computers, networked with colleagues and vendors to see what they knew, and brainstormed with my team and other creative computer specialists who helped us find the answers.  Don’t let all the challenges that arise in pursuit of your innovative ideas diminish your appetite for getting them finished. Be tenacious in the pursuit of your creative ideas today.

Denis E. Waitley (b. 1933): American motivational speaker, writer and consultant