It's pretty easy to decide to ...

It\'s pretty easy to decide to roll with the punches, to look at the enormity of natural disaster and choose to hunker down and do less. It\'s more important than ever, I think, to persist and make a dent in the universe instead. 
 We\'ve all been offered access to so many tools, so many valuable connections, so many committed people. What an opportunity.
It's pretty easy to decide to roll with the punches, to look at the enormity of natural disaster and choose to hunker down and do less. It's more important than ever, I think, to persist and make a dent in the universe instead. We've all been offered access to so many tools, so many valuable connections, so many committed people. What an opportunity.

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The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.
It's not reckless, because when we leap, when we dive in, when we begin, only begin, we bring our true nature to the project, we make it personal and urgent. And it's not abandon, not in the sense that we've abandoned our senses or our responsibility. In fact, abandoning the fear of fear that is holding us back is the single best way not to abandon the work, the pure execution of the work. Later, there's time to backpedal and water down. But right now, reckless please.
There are lots of good reasons to abandon a project. Having a little competition is not one of them.
Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, "You're not going where I need to go, and there's no way I'm going to persuade all of you to follow me. So rather than standing here watching the opportunities fade away, I'm heading off. I'm betting some of you, the best of you, will follow me.
I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.