“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – W.B. Yeats
Welcome to October. Look at your calendar.
31 little boxes. They all look pretty much the same.
They’re not.
One of those boxes may have a phone call that changes everything.
Another could hold a person you haven’t met yet.
A crazy idea.
An unexpected invitation.
A decision that sends the next 10 years in a completely different direction.
And here’s the wild part:
Right now you have no idea which box it is.
We love to pretend we do.
We circle the big days.
Birthdays. Vacations. Weddings. Anniversaries.
The days we think matter.
But life has never been very good at following our calendar.
Think about the days that actually changed your life.
DId you know that morning….Probably not.
No countdown.
No circle.
No notification that popped up saying:
Today will change everything .
It probably looked like every other little box…
Unitil it wasn’t.
Right now, it’s still all unwritten.
Dash of Courage
Don’t try to predict which box matters.
Treat them like they all might.
Say yes to something wildly inconvenient.
Give confidence a fighting chance.
Leave room for a Q4 plot twist you never saw coming.
Because the most important day on your calendar might be the one that currently has nothing written on it…
yet.
Courage over comfort,
Garrett
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For two decades, Garrett has studied courage in every corner of the globe—uncovering what the world’s most courageous people do differently in business, leadership, and life.