To get results in life, we have to first leave our nest. When a chick hatches from its egg, it is welcomed into the world by with the warmth and security of its nest. Its mother brings it worms at feeding time and keeps it warm at night or when it’s cold. This incubation period continues until the chick must leave the nest. The chick leaves the nest in 2 ways. It either leaves on its own accord or it gets kicked out by its mother.

Fair or unfair? It doesn’t matter. This is how birds learn to fly. This is how they progress in the stages of their lives. If a bird never jumps out of its nest, it can never learn to fly. It has to take that leap to progress.

Now, many business people remain stuck in the comfort and security of their nests, despite being in business for several years. These people never get past a certain point in their lives or businesses, yet they feel as though they are consistently trying and are making sincere efforts.

So what is actually happening here ?

These “efforts of trying” are the shifting from the centre of their nests to its edge. These business people believe they are making progress and are happy to continue “trying” as long as they remain within the zone of security and comfort of their nests.

But what happens when they approach the edge of the nest? The down feathers get thinner, the nest gets colder, twigs become more abrasive and the journey starts to get a little tougher and uncomfortable.

And then they reach the edge! And as they peek over the edge, they reach a defining point in their path. They reach a defining point in their lives! Here lies the critical point at which they decide who they really are? Do they see the view from the edge as a brand new world of excitement and opportunity or do they view it as a terrifying plunge into the darkness of uncertainty?

It is these differing views that determines progression or stagnation. It is this choice of what to do at the edge that determines the winners or losers and separates achievers from dreamers. Those that take the plunge have the opportunity to soar to new heights and reach their dreams. Those that choose to run back to the centre of the nest shall never witness progression.

So, next time you question “Why am I not moving forward”; ask yourself “Do I keep running back to the centre of my nest. Is it perhaps time I learnt how to fly?”

Is your safety bridge actually too safe? Instead of protecting you, maybe it is preventing you.

Until next time, I wish you the very best!

Luke