Overplanning paralysis

I can’t go! I don’t know every detail yet!

Is not knowing how to get to where you’re going keeping you from departing on your journey altogether?

Starting my own coaching business is a journey. I am an amazing coach, and at the same time completely new to the entrepreneurial world. I am not 100% sure how I will navigate it yet.I have a vision of what my business will look like and a good idea of the things there are for me to learn in order to get there.

There are taxes, acquisition, international business law, and so forth and so on.

But do I know precisely what everything is going to look like as my business grows? Do I know every stop along the way? No. I do know that I just need to get and keep going.

All you have to do is decide

I was reminded of my hike on the E1 long-distance trail in Sweden. Sure, there was lots of planning involved, and maybe I could have planned more, but at one point I just had to make the decision to go for it, and when I did, everything started falling into the place.

Because I had decided to GO I had the energy and the mindset to move forward.

What was I going to do with Rusty’s dog crate, the obligatory airplane crate that he was to be transported in for example?

Well, I knew I was going to have it at the airport in Sweden and I knew I wouldn’t be taking it with me on the hike. I didn’t know how I was going to come back from Sweden, but if it was by plane I knew I would need a crate again. That’s about where I was at.

Options: store it somewhere or get rid of it and buy a new one later.

If I was to get rid of it, I wanted to donate it to a shelter. If I were to store it I needed to find out where and how much that would cost.

So, I researched shelters and posted my questions in a Swedish air travel with dogs Facebook group and one in a hiking group.

Take action

I had propelled into action. I was taking steps.

Guess what happened? Someone reached out, said they were happy to store the crate for me, and would I not want to spend the night at their house before starting out on my journey as they basically lived ON the trail.

Wait what? Yep, you heard it. All my problems were solved in one go. I even got picked up from the airport, driven around to go shopping, everything! Most importantly I got to meet three amazing people and hear their stories. One of them was even a pilot. Go figure. Aviation connects just as much as hiking does.

There were so many more instances like this along the trail, but I think I want to spend a separate post on that because on that trip the universe provided almost to the point of disbelief.

The point is, certain steps will only become clear to you after you have taken the one prior.

Set a goal, an endpoint, a destination, whether it is a business or a life goal, and then go after it! The path will reveal itself. You will grow, meet new people and develop new skills.

Wherever you end up is perfect

Here’s the kicker: even when you don’t end up where you planned to go, I promise you, you will end up where you needed to go.

For me, that wasn’t the North Cape (yet), but it was in life coach training and now in my own business.