We’ve been talking about goals.  We’ve talked about changing the way we think about goals (strong dragons and getting your shine on).  We’ve also talked about setting goals that inspire us (beast mode beautiful story).  We are going to tie this all together with time travel movies.

You’ve probably heard a lot more people than normal discussing Back to the Future 2.  The reason they are doing this is because in the film Marty went to the year 2015, and people are upset that we have yet to realize the vision of hover boards for everyone.  This movie, like any other movie involving time travel, is actually about causing ripples.  Just like any other time travel movie, someone goes back in time and does something seemingly small, which is later revealed to have a giant impact.

Now let’s connect the ripples to real life.  Alice made a small decision that she is a strong dragon.  This right mindset helped her achieve the goal.  A colleague made a small decision to share his light by writing thank you notes, which increased engagement for people.  I decide to focus on trying to live in a constant state of beast mode vs. just dropping pounds, which changes the way I think about and do things.

If we make these small decisions and do these things, we set off a chain reaction.  We start a series of ripples and if you watch the ripples long enough you’ll see something beautiful.  All of a sudden, you’ll see the colleagues, customers, and ultimately patients who are changed by your small choices.  The impact and size of your ripples are only limited by how big you want to dream and how much work you want to put in to make those dreams a reality.

Here’s to the power of the decisions and ripples we make.

Have a jolly good day,

Andrew Embry