The other day I was speaking with my friend, Jen Louden.

Jen’s been a big success is the world of self help, in particular for her work as The Comfort Queen and providing insight for women to build greater comfort into their lives.

For the last little while, she’s been looking at evolving, asking “what’s next?”

And she’s been stuck in every increasing, then decreasing, then increasing, then decreasing, circles in her head.

The problem  is trying to figure out the future is nearly impossible.  We try and extrapolate from the past and that leads either to improbable fantasy or reality +/- 5% which isn’t that exciting.

Jen’s solution?

Pick something and start it.

The way you figure this stuff out is you start doing it, and then see what happens.

Seeing what happens – really seeing what happens – is a key part of the process.  You have to stop on a regular basis and ask:

=> How’s this going?

=> Is this taking me closer to, or further away from, where I want to go

=> What should I stop doing at this point?  Start doing?  Continue doing?

So if you’re feeling stuck because you’re trying to come up with the perfect answer before you start doing anything, forget it.

General Eisenhower said it best:

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plansare useless, but planning is indispensable.”

PS – watch for Jen’s next best guess at what her Great Work is soon.  It should be a cracker.

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