I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, Radio Lab from NPR. With this show, I am often inspired by stories of people who are pushing the envelope and are doing things previously thought impossible.
This particular episode was about the Wright Brothers and their first airplane flight. Because of their work, we can now take vacations in far-away places. We can overnight packages to one another. We are no longer limited by distance.
Here’s the thing, their miraculous flight was not inevitable. It didn’t have to be that way. Yet, here were two brothers who dared to think differently. They dared to dream that not only can we fly, but we can also have flight control. This one simple notion that perhaps the clue to getting an airplane to fly is in our ability to control that flight thrust them into the forefront of aviation. And the rest is history.
How does this apply to you?
Everyone in your market is thinking a certain way. There are certain assumptions that everyone is making about how to help your target market.
What are those assumptions and how can you turn those assumptions upside down to be different?
Instead of being a weight loss coach, can you be the I Empower Big and Beautiful women to be OK with their bodies the way they are.
Instead of being a Relationship Expert who helps couples stay together, can you be I Liberate Women of Relationship Shackles that bind them.
Instead of a business consultant who helps businesses grow, can you be a business expert that inspires business owners to think small and profitable.
Before the Wright Brothers, the popular thinking was: “If God had wanted us to fly, he would have given us wings.”
After them, people began to think: “If we can do that… If a human being can do that, what can’t we do?”
Before you, what was the thinking in your business marketplace and what will the thinking be after you leave your mark?
Be bold…
Think Outside the Box… In fact, live as if the box doesn’t even exist.
Warmly,
~Bill
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