Was September 11 a SO-SO Day?
I was looking for the latest news on the blogosphere on goal setting and came across Donna Doyan’s blog, specifically this article on little goals.
In it, she shows the power of achieving little goals giving you momentum and carrying toward the bigger ones.
She also mentioned an acronym “SO-SO” - I had never heard before. “Same Old, Same Old” or as the French would say “Plus ca meme change, plus ca meme chose”.
Now, you may already know what SO-SO stands for but there’s a great quote by Will Rogers I’m very fond of:
“We’re all ignorant only on different subjects”
;-)
So are you having a SO-SO day? Come to think of it, was September 11 a SO-SO day for you?
This may seem somewhat heretical but why shouldn’t it have been?
The last 5 years have seen the media burn the images of the twin towers into the public psyche and the events of the day will never be fully understood (except by those in the know - all you need do is have a look at Google Video and search for the 9-11 conspiracies to see there are at least a few unanswered questions).
It was indeed a terrible day and I can remember watching the video of the days events unfolding on the Internet and TV. But, here’s the rub:
On this planet every day, 150,000 people die (100,000 due to “natural causes”).
On September 11 2001, an extra 3000 people died unnecessarily.
September 11 was indeed a SO-SO day in terms of daily deaths - but not on the way our lives have been impacted as a result, unfortunately in a detrimental fashion.
There is of course many lessons but the one I’m trying to make a link with here is to do with whatever goals you may have (and if you don’t please start to write some down). Have small goals and hit them, have HUGE goals and hit them but if you make every day a SO-SO day and continue to do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.
Think different, be different.
All the best,
Tom
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