Baserunning, Business, and the Power of Conviction

I barely know the rules of football, but I’d bet the gridiron punishes half stepping, too. I know for certain that in baseball, it’s a certified truth that making the “wrong” decision with conviction is unequivocally better than making the “right” decision half-heartedly. 

A former coach called it, “halfway pregnant.” 

There’s no such thing. I’m reminded often as I interact with other adults how many of us have been programmed (largely by archaic schooling methods) that mistakes are the enemy and that life is all about finding the “right” answer. 

Conversely, I find that real life rewards speed, conviction, and a tolerance for failure that has been coached out of us relentlessly since elementary school. So, as we’d say on baseball field, “if you’re going to go… GO!”