Living on the Edge

Ralph Irwin / March 30th, 2021

When I was younger, I coined the phrase:

“If you ain’t living on the edge, you’ve got too much room!”

Now that I have matured a bit, I prefer a little more cushion or “wiggle room,” if you will.

But that being said, if I don’t stretch myself from time to time, I become inelastic… if that’s a word (my spellcheck didn’t put any wavy lines under it, so I am going with it being an actual word). When I’m inelastic, I become set in my ways, and rigor-mortis takes hold over the different aspects of my life.

The other day I was talking with an occupational therapist and inquiring about what they do exactly. The best I could gather, they help people stretch an injured (and then repaired) part of their body to build up strength in it again and make it more usable — the way it was created to be.

You can apply this simple wisdom of remaining stretchable in your personal and business life, as well as your physical life, in a lot of different ways, including:

• Do something you haven’t done in a while or something new.
• Purchase a little something for your significant other, just to say you love them.
• Make a cold call to a new prospect.
• Engage in a conversation with someone that does nothing remotely similar to you.
• Do something new.
• Think outside the box.
• Stretch yourself. Build muscle.

It’s time you got a little closer to the edge and let that adrenaline stimulate your life. You and the world will be better for it.