I’m working away on the narratives for The Geronimo Project, my new online writing project that celebrates people who took big leaps in their careers and want to share their stories to inspire others. I’ve been kicking around this writing project for a while and on Leap Day I put out the call into the world. I’m astounded by the interest and the truly inspiring stories that have come my way since. The project will launch formally in late April.
While hunting around for some images on Pinterest to go with the posts, I came across this quote from Steve Jobs, one of my Geronimo heroes (and one of my favorite yogis of all time). He was the king of people who took big career leaps of faith. The quote is pulled from his commencement address at Stanford shortly after his pancreatic cancer diagnosis. It still gives me chills. You may be thinking Steve was super human and that’s why he could afford to live this philosophy. He wasn’t. He was simply and wonderfully a man of conviction. He had guts, and lots of it.
One of my favorite lines is “Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. “ We do this all the time. Too often we settle for living with the consequences of the actions of others rather than the consequences we create. Stop. Just stop. Go live your life, on your terms.
Steve didn’t wait to follow his heart. We shouldn’t either. The clock is ticking.
Christa Avampato 