13239: Just Pick One.

Raw transcript:

we are often presented with multiple
choices of directions to go paths to
take options to
choose And I do have sort of a bottom
line offering for you when you’re
presented with things that confuse you
or are
competitive Please please do what we’re
going to talk about in this episode of
the VO Heroes podcast
I can’t tell you how many times I have
been in a situation where it’s more than
two choices Three four five six choices
Sometimes many many choices Sylvia Pla
uh said in the bell jar uh she did the
fig tree thing You can go look it up
online Just Google fig tree bell jar uh
Sylvia Pla uh she talks about the fact
that she’s sitting in the crotch of the
branch and she’s looking at all of these
options in her life and they’re all
represented by uh figs that are ripening
over time Uh does she become a wife and
a mother or a a professional poet or an
author or uh you know a competitive
rower was one of her options Anyway she
says “As I’m watching these figs and I’m
taking my time coming to a conclusion
and I’m not picking one of
them they’re ripening and falling off
the tree and they’re no longer a
choice.” So that was a really
interesting sort of visual thing to me
and I’ve experienced this many times in
my life that hesitancy and inaction can
be death to our joy our future progress
etc And so here’s the one bottom line
thing that I’d like to share with you
Pick
one You’re going to make mistakes You’re
going to pick the wrong one sometimes Uh
you’re going to pick one that is hurtful
sometimes Sometimes you’re going to pick
one that is amazing Sometimes you’re
going to pick one that you didn’t even
experience or expect to have as much joy
with or as much success with as you
thought
But if you don’t pick any one at all if
your inactivity stops you from making
any decision whatsoever you will lose
all of those options And that’s not a
joyful
thing So the bottom line tip for you in
this episode is if you’re presented with
a whole bunch of options do me a favor
Do yourself a favor Pick one Please just
pick one Don’t take too much time to
pick one
And don’t not pick one Don’t not pick
any because then they all go away Ever
experience this ever think about this
ever have this presented to you let me
know in the comments below If you’re on
vioheres.com I’d love to hear what you
have to say The commentary there is sane
and polite and uh respectful and you can
talk about your picking or lack of
picking one Let me know Uh hit the like
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who might be you know stiffened and and
stopped by inactivity and and the
inability to make a decision Uh we know
you have plenty of options in your
podcasting needs We appreciate you
selecting the VO Heroes podcast I’m
David H Lawrence the 17th I thank you so
much for watching and for listening and
I will see you in the next episode of
the Video Heroes podcast

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