Making a Quantum Leap

I love this image! Right now, this little fish jumping to a much bigger 'pond' feels like me, as I prepare to make a quantum leap. Here are some really neat tips reproduced from Stephen Mills Sept. 2009 blog,  "Is It Time for a Quantum Leap?"

Stop trying harder and look for something simple. A simple and elegant solution is a perfect way to make a quantum leap.

You aren’t building on previous steps. You are making a fundamental change. You are making a breakthrough leap. Back off the struggle and let something fresh come into view. 


Forget “common sense”. You can’t do what makes sense or what is usual. If you do what is common and usual you will get common and usual results.

The how of the quantum leap isn’t obvious or you would have done it already. Let go of your limiting beliefs. You need new boundaries, ones you can’t even imagine right now.

Break out of your routines. Find something new, something completely different. Your routines will keep you where you are at. What’s working now is what keeps you on your current plane. If you want to make a quantum leap you have to do something different, something improbable.

Quantum leaps are risky. There is a significant risk that it won’t work out, but who cares? You just make another leap until you find one that does work.

You are going to be uncomfortable. If you are comfortable, you didn’t take a quantum leap. No matter what happens you will learn a great deal. You may discover something wonderful and new about yourself.

Let the answer come to you. Get out of your own way and it will happen.

You can’t figure it all out ahead of time. You have to take a leap and make adjustments as you go. It’s going to be ambiguous and chaotic. It’s going to be wild, fun, and scary all at the same time. I’m a big believer in just doing and then figuring it out as you go.

Leap!