It only takes a moment (or three months) to change your life. 

What inspired me last week was my friend and colleague, Paul. Last week Paul and I spent some time in Salt Lake City together, and he was telling me about how last year he took a two month trip with his family around the country.  To his surprise, his favorite part ended up being their visit to the Grand Canyon.  

Paul noted that it only took 6 million years for the Colorado River to carve this masterpiece. While it seems like a long time, in perspective it was only 0.4% of the 1.7 billion years it took to build the sediment that would end up getting eroded away. Therefore, it only took about 0.4% of its life cycle to carve the Grand Canyon. Relative to our average life expectancy of 75 years, that is about 3 months.

So what is the point, exactly?

Well, I did a recent Monday Motivation on procrastination and Paul’s story reminded me of this quote from Gandhi:

"The future depends on what you do today."

So stop waiting for things to happen and start making them happen. You built your foundation over years, and now you can change your life in 3 short months.  

Again, take Paul as an example. Paul was extremely successful in the oil and gas industry, but he wanted to make a change. He had no software or solar experience, but we hired him anyway. 

We hired for the person, the attitude, the leadership. The intangible things that can’t be taught. Paul will learn the rest. In fact, he has already learned more in a few weeks than people I know who have been in the industry for years.

Paul used this story to make decisions and more importantly, act on them to change his reality. Instead of sitting back defeated, not knowing how to get into a new industry. He made it happen.  

Most people won’t do that. Most people won’t put in the work. In fact, when I was leaving Salt Lake last week Paul asked if we could share a cab to the airport. I thought this was odd because my flight left at 6am and his left a few hours later. You see, Paul had some reading to do . . . he is learning. He is changing his life, and all it takes is a few short months to change everything. After all, what you do today will define who you are tomorrow.

The only hard part is getting started. So what are you waiting for? Some day or day one. It is your decision.  

Welcome to the Limitless Podcast with Nathan Jovanelly.  Thanks for tuning in.