Okay, if you have children, are a child, know a child, have heard of a child, or are anyone alive on the face of the earth, you recognize Let it Go as a song from the new Disney movie Frozen. Queen Elsa sings this when she realizes she no longer needs to hang on to what she thought was necessary.
Yesterday this wasp landed on my mirror at a red light. I decided to see if he could hang on at 48 mph. At 88 mph I needed to brake for my next turn – and he was still hanging on. Their top flying speed is about 15 mph. So I wondered – “How did he do that,” and even more so “Why did he do that?”
Have you ever found yourself hanging on to something beyond the time it was useful? I had a client who asked me to look at his business with him. I suggested he go in that night at about 2:00 AM, remove all his personal property and lock the door. He was mortified and kept borrowing money to keep his namesake business alive. One year later, he filed bankruptcy, having maxed out the limits on 98 credit cards. Twice, I’ve kept businesses too long, recognizing in retrospect that I should have gotten out much earlier. For years, I fought seasonal allergies, continuing to experiment with medications, before I was open to the healing power of changed diet, chiropractic care and massage. Every day I hear from people who are in jobs that are sucking the life out of them – but hearing from companies who are desperately looking for people with clear areas of competence.
What do you need to let go of? By hanging on to something that is not a natural fit you may find yourself being pulled into an area where you don’t belong – and that does not use your greatest talents.
If you need the song to inspire you to let something go, you can join the 197,070,952 people who have already listened to the YouTube version. Let it Go
I agree 100% Dan. We allow what other people might say or think keep us from making the best decision. Sometimes it’s best to cut your losses.
Aaron – we get confused about “persistence” when like you say, sometimes it’s best to cut your losses and move on.
Wow. You got up to 88 mph? Isn’t that when the Deloreon hits time travel speed? 🙂
After listening to a piano student perform “Let it Go” for the past month, I wish I could let this song go! I’ve had two more students in the last two days share that their parents’ gave them the sheet music for Easter and they want to learn it.
I feel you pain. My wife and daughters have been singing this song non-stop since we saw the movie in January. I have even tried implanting other songs in their heads (my favorite is Dad’s Life). No luck yet.
Dan, What a rush of a ride you gave that wasp! Having never moved through life before at speeds exceeding 15mph, you took him on a joy ride 6x faster than he had ever gone. Imagine what was going through his eyes and brain. That would be equivalent to you driving at 88 to suddenly going over 500mph in your car – like the fastest ground vehicle on record!! Why did he hang on, indeed – wouldn’t you for that kind of thrill?
You got that wasp where he wanted to go in 1/5 the time it would have taken him alone.
Nice job Dan
Funny I’ve been working all year in slowly working on starting my own business and quitting my career, and as I read this article the very subject popped in my head again as the song came over the radio.
I love this post – the last few months have been a season of ‘letting go’ for me. Highly scary at times, but I’m driven by the contentment that I’m going where my heart is leading me. Once I knew that, and felt that – it became easier to ‘let go’.