I arrived at the gym today and I was looking forward to having a quick session before heading to the office. So to open my gym bag to find out I left my trainers out was a bit of a surprise!

Feeling slightly awkward, I had a decision to make do I: a. just call it a day and go home and then to the office? Or b. do I continue to do my gym session in my sparkling white socks? After a short deliberation I thought, I am already at the gym, so do it anyway!

I then went on the rower and was fitting my “trainer less” feet in the straps, which felt strange and was not fitting, as I would have liked “obviously” however I still had a good rowing session.

I then went to another activity in my socks, walking across the gym and it felt strange, to others it must have looked odd but to tell the truth no one really took much notice.
It brought back the movie “Pursuit of Happyness” to mind when Chris Gardner (played by Will Smith) got knocked over whilst he was chasing the time traveller with his time (X-ray) machine. I thought of Chris for a moment and considered what it would take to be so focused to walk into a full office with a shoe missing and simply not care.

Back to the gym, in my socks did I look strange? Yes, Did I feel strange? Kind of, did I care? Not really because I knew why I never had my trainers and also felt the benefits of training.
So is there anything that you feel that you do not have enough to do or the right equipment, whether it is skills, resources, the entire plan, the publisher, the business partner or the hard cash, whatever it is my encouragement is to do it anyway!

You may not have it all together, you may need to be more polished, you may need more skills, you may need more capital, and you may need to develop the network, whatever it is do it anyway! You cannot steer a parked car and many things you will learn along the way. You will develop, gather, attract or gain the necessary things but if you do not start you will never know.

As I was completing my session, which as one of my best gym sessions I just wondered, imagine if I just went home and never continued with my session? And in that moment I realised sometimes in life, business or relationships I will not have all that I need but I must not deter me from doing it anyway was I never know what I can achieve during the process.

I hope this helps you in some way, just build up the courage, work it out and do it anyway!

Happy Mentoring

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