I want you to watch “The Ten Meter Tower”.
It’s one of my favorite NY Times/YouTube videos. The premise:
“Our objective in making this film was something of a psychology experiment: We sought to capture people facing a difficult situation, to make a portrait of humans in doubt. A high dive seemed like the perfect scenario.”
“Through an online advertisement, we found 67 people who had never been on a 10-meter (about 33 feet) diving tower before and had never jumped from that high. We paid each of them the equivalent of about $30 to participate — which meant climbing up to the diving board and walking to its edge. We were as interested in the people who decided to climb back down as the ones jumping.”
How often in life (and our career) are we served up a powerful decision and we procrastinate? We know we can do it — we know it will help us — but we’re afraid of the ‘possible’ consequences.
We all have a Stephen King in our heads telling us horror stories about what ‘might’ happen — but it usually doesn’t.
What decision or action do you need to take today that you’ve put off?
Just JUMP.