It is Saturday at our house and we are busy and excited as the girls prepare for their soccer game. This reminds me of my recent unsuccessful attempts to play tennis.
My wife and I had decided that we should do something together. I suggested dinner than lovemaking but she opted for tennis. A few months later and hundreds of dollars in lessons we are ready. I kiss my wife good bye on the first night and wish her well as we were taking turns. Some ten minutes later I hear a knock on the door and it is my wife being carried from a car screaming in agony. It seems she twisted her ankle in the warm up and didn’t get to play a point and the team had to forfeit. She is out for the season!
No worries I tell myself. I will uphold the Hudson name. As it turns out we play a very good team and we get thrashed. I thought that I held my own but in the doubles we were beaten eight games to one. There is always next week. Again the same result but in the mixed doubles we only lose six games to four. I think we are improving but my team mates are not so sure. After some nervous shuffling of feet the team suggests that thay have found another (better) player and it might be better that I retire.
Chastened but unbowed I retire from tennis after two competition games.
My point? I loved it. Forget the result. I pushed myself to try something new. My view is that as we age we become more and more comfortable, set and rigid in our mind and our actions. We have to deliberately push ourselves out of our comfort zones. We need to keep taking risks.
Much like business. We set up processes and proceedures but over time these become rigid. We think we know our customers and the market so we can become resistent to change. This is why I love working with small business people because they have to adapt, create great ideas and move quickly.
What new things will you try this year?
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