I’ve been wanting to post for several days now and I just can’t seem to get one out. I’m too busy working on my website, which I plan to talk about in detail because I made a bunch of mistakes that somebody can learn from. Anyway, I’m posting now.
When I think about starting a law firm – and I think about it all day, every day – a comment by Steve Pennaz keeps coming back to me. Who is Steve Pennaz? Clearly you don’t fish. Pennaz is the head of the North American Fishing Club. That is not important. What is important is a comment he made in a recent fishing show about his early salad days when he was a little guy and the world was a big, big place.
I wanted to share his comment. I’m paraphrasing, but here goes: during the show, Pennaz was asked about getting started in the fishing business. He talked about how he wanted to be a fishing guru and head-honcho of the fishing industry soon after college or something.
To that end, he shared that, while he was still college, he went to a fishing seminar at which Babe Winkelman was the keynote speaker. (Oh, you don’t know who Babe Winkelman is either?). Pennaz shared that he went up to Babe Winkelman and asked: “How did you start your own fishing show?” To which, Winkelman replied: “What do you mean ‘how’, I just did it.”
Whether or not you like fishing or embroidery, the message in that statement is clear. If you want to do something, just do it and don’t look back. That’s my new moto: “I just did it.”