"Mind the Gap"

Eric Thorsen
Oct 31, 2024
1 min read

I’m down in Raleigh for a few days working with Lewis Schiff and some of the Birthing of Giants team on some things I’m looking forward to talking about in the coming weeks…wearing my OYFT (One Year From Today) swag!

One of the thoughts I was having is how exciting it is to come up with new business ideas.

The value it will bring. The service. The outcome.

..but there is always a gap from where you are to where you want to be.

When things are good…they’re good.

When things are not going as planned…that gap can feel like an abyss.

Focusing on the abyss can drag valuable energy you need to move forward.

I find looking back on how far I’ve come to recharge that push to move forward and not focus on how far there is to go, but acknowledge that I’ve been here before and just need to determine the next right step and keep moving forward.

If you find yourself focusing on the gap:

Try looking back…

→ 4 years ago

→ then 3

→ then 2

→ a year ago

→ and 6 months ago

You’ll likely see so much movement…so many gaps you’ve already closed.