Considering that I love creating todo lists and checking things off them, I thought of creating a list of stuff that I would really really love checking off before I… you know, die!
This is going to be a living list and hence I am allowing myself to add whatever whenever I feel like. But to remove something, I would have do a bit of explaining!
Here I go:
- A Skydive + atleast one more time.
- A Bungee Jumps + atleast one more time.
- An auto biography. I am having pretty “happening” life. It would sure be worth a read.
- 15 blog posts in 30 days.
- Playing guitar for an entire evening (or night, even better) to my friends.
- Start my own startup…one more time (post L-pad).
- Being out of debt. (I have quiet a bit of that!)
- A Bike-trip of a minimum of 5 days.
- Run a full marathon.
- Check every item off this list!
[A part from the movie “The Karate Kid”, when Liang had just injured Dre’s leg]
Dre Parker: Do you think I could’ve won?
Mr. Han: Win or lose doesn’t matter, Xiao Dre.
Dre Parker: You know that’s not I mean.
[long pause]
Mr. Han: Yes. I think you had a good chance.
Dre Parker: So let’s do the fiery cup thing.
Mr. Han: You don’t need to fight anymore. You have proven everything you need to prove.
Dre Parker: What, that I can get beat up easy and then quit? That’s not balance, that’s not real kung fu. You said that when life knocks you down, you could choose whether or not to get back up. Well, I’m trying to get back up, and why won’t you help me?
Mr. Han: Because I cannot watch you get hurt anymore.
Dre Parker: Please, Mr. Han, please.
Mr. Han: Just tell me, Xiao Dre, why? Why do you need to go back out there so badly?
Dre Parker: Because I’m still scared. And no matter what happens, tonight, when I leave, I don’t want to be scared anymore.
My situation is a lot similar to that of Dre. I have successfully done some bit of Sales. People around me also believe in me. But, I’m still scared! I am scared that I might not be able to do it all the time. I might not be able to it this time. And I don’t want to be scared. That’s exactly why I chose to be in a Sales role with Sokrati. Hoping to win just like Dre won!
Wish me luck!
- Art Williams
