This one came from the great series, “From The Earth To The Moon.” The series showed the glories and victories of NASA’s journey to the Moon but it also shared the failures, which were numerous.
A corollary is this, “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”
When you are headed down a path, you have set up all your assumptions and milestones on which you’ve built your hope. Then you hang on. This produces all the great stories of loyalty and perseverance.
But sometimes, it takes a total meltdown in order to see new potential. As long as you head down a certain path, you are focused on what’s in front and not so much on what’s around you. Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. The tasks make us feel like we’re making progress. Robin Williams in “Dead Poet’s Society” made his students stand on their desk to get a different perspective.
Once a week or once a month, stand on your own desk (whatever that means to you) and take a look around.
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