How Patient are you ?

Here is a picture of my Dog, she is a Cocker spaniel and I rescued her from the pound.

When I first Got her I realized I would need a great deal of Patience with her and so I called her this to remind myself.

I am not one of the worlds most Patient people I must admit and in my earlier days perhaps missed opportunities because of it, "It just took too long" I would have long since created something else and moved on.

This weekend boy, did I ever have an exercise in Patience when I couldn't get my domain to propagate on my new blog I moved my Blog from my domain company to Blogger and I mean it took Fooooooor Evvvvveeehhhaaa to populate on my new Blog.

I must say I am also a bit of a Critical Thinker as well so i was playing with it, researching stuff on the internet calling the company talking to people.

At one stage I was about to create something else just to eliminate the problem.

I kept checking on it every few minutes and becoming more frustrated and in the end I completely didn't believe it was ever going to come through with blogger.

It took 3 days to propagate!

The reason I am bringing this up is that I have met many of you who also lack patience, to the point that you will not try new things in order to avoid the "Holding period"

What do I mean by Holding Period ?

One of my most favorite quotes is Persistence over Resistance ... I have often found when trying something new for the first time there is often a learning curve.

A time when you are not sure where the heck your Domain has gone so to speak, a time of great character building and working blindly.

Let's face it who wouldn't want a sure thing, isn't that human nature ?

Sure .... Although at times going for the sure thing may mean getting something you really didn't want but grabbed as it was a sure thing !

When doing something new and different it is usual to experience an adjustment period, a period of uncertainty and fear wondering if this is the right experience for you a time when it would be so easy to quit and just cut your losses before you loose more or really feel the pain of uncertainty.

This is what I call the "Holding period" before going into a new experience one of the things I consider is the "Holding period"

Can I survive this

Can I recover if it all falls apart

What are the Payoffs

What are the potential Losses

Is it worth the Risk

Being impatient is one thing but not taking risks is another.

If being Impatient outweighs the desire for new challenges and Learnings I choose the later, and of course prequalify the "Holding Period'.

So Take a Risk and prequalify your "Holding period" and just enjoy the ride because if you quit now you may never know that even though you can't see it working itself out. It Is !

"They say That Time changes things .... But you actually have to Change them yourself" Andy Warhol