I know people who have those certain jobs but are addicted to porn, get blasted on cheap wine every weekend, and haven’t had a shred of exercise in years. They’re highly skilled at their job but lacking the basic skills for making life changing decisions.

Like a cow tirelessly chewing its cud, we endlessly ruminate about the past, driven not by biological necessity, but by the stubborn habits of the mind.

Chew, chew, chew.

Goals are the backbone of change and achievement in sports, business, life - even love. But what if you don’t know what the future holds, or what you want, or what your market wants?

Late last year, I taught my Small Wins framework to a small group of volunteers - it was an experiment. For over two years I have been presenting Small Wins on stage, but never in a one-on-one setting. And the results blew me away.

We all have ‘gaps’ that rub up against our ideals and irritate our best intentions. Often a little curiosity (“What will this cost me?”) can fuel a small flame that might just light up what you were looking for all along.

We all have ‘gaps’ we want to close and resistance we need to overcome. For five years I wanted to update my book and for five years I danced, dodged and procrastinated about getting started.

We can either follow someone else’s music and hope it leads somewhere nice or decide now to become the kind of person who marches to their own kazoo.