Take the first Step.

Seated in front of my workstation and thinking of the most excellent way I can explain the post i have just read from Julie Ziglar Norman.
Countless times we take for granted the power of first steps, but nobody explains it better at the moment than Julie. It’s simple it’s clear, it’s exact.
Please take sometime to read this and pass it on to your friends OR encourage them to visit my blog.

Much love,
Kat

Mastering your Moxie
By Julie Ziglar Norman

My father, Zig Ziglar, in regards to planning for my future, has always told me that if I never took the first step, I would never take the second step. He assures me that I don’t have to be great to start but that I do have to start to be great, that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until I learn to do it well, and that I should move ahead as far as I can see, in other words – do what is front of me to do – and then I will be able to see farther.

He talks a lot about people who don’t want to make a plan because without a plan there is nothing to indicate they didn’t succeed. Dad also insists that without a target, you have nothing to shoot for. Which brings me to the point of this article – I have learned through the years that a woman needs Moxie to see her plans through and a man needs Mojo to persist until his mission is accomplished.

Moxie and Mojo are not Zig Ziglar terms, though they have been around as long as he has, but they are the best words I can find to describe that little something extra that gives us the ability to see our dreams through to completion. Moxie and Mojo are that added “edge” to confidence that a task started will be a task completed.

Moxie and/or Mojo build strength with each success. The more Moxie you have, the more Moxie you get. I’ll use the example of my desire to show hunters at the “A” level of horse showing when I was a young teenager. I started showing on a snowflake Appaloosa. My mare could jump extremely well, she had lovely gaits and always jumped a clean, quiet round. However, no matter how well she did, we would never win a class because of her color.

I had won enough ribbons on my mare to know that I could do even better if I had a horse that fit what the judges of that time were looking for. That little bit of Moxie gave me the courage to sell my beloved mare and shop for a new mount. My new horse was a winner! I paid the price of letting go of what wasn’t working well for my goals, but I enjoyed the benefits of having done the hard - and right for me - thing.

New endeavors can be frightening, but if you are someone who is looking at making big changes in the New Year, I encourage you to see what lies ahead as an opportunity to build your Moxie or your Mojo. I can in good faith tell you that taking that first step is an absolute must and that once that step is taken….you will be able to see – and go – farther