What is the WORST possible thing that could happen?

It definitely will.

If you made a change in your life or at work, the absolute worst thing possible that could happen, for most people I ask, is some version of this:

FAILURE.

And guess what? That is definitely, absolutely going to happen.

So, here’s what we do about it:

We stop calling it failing. We start calling it playing.

When you were a kid, you were so freaking adorable. That picture from Halloween a million years ago? The cutest. You captivated the hearts of the American public.

And, you failed on an daily (hourly?) basis.

This thing we call failing? That is how you learned to walk. To talk. To read and write.

When you sounded out big words, you got them all kinds of wrong.

And you didn’t care — at all.

You fell off of the monkey bars. You forgot to grab the next rung with your right hand before letting go of the rung you held with your left.

Maybe you cried a little.

Then, you climbed back onto the monkey bars, and didn’t let go of the rung you held until after you grabbled the next one. Genius inspiration!

Consider channeling the wisdom you were born with, which we all lose along the way: that there is no “fail” — it’s all play.

How many times did J.T. fall down when importing the Costa Rican wood? At least a zillion.

Maybe two zill.

Because, as it turns out, in this crazy world, the worst thing that can happen is actually the best way to get where you want to go.

Falling down means increasingly building the muscles necessary to get back up.

You learned the monkey bars the same way you’ll learn to do your thing in your very special way: by trying, falling down, and trying again.

Cleaning out this mindset of trying something new means failing and replace it with falling down means part of playing.

This frees up your focus and energy so that the really fun and right stuff can finally find you.

And, so that you can find it.