Here’s something to nosh on mentally for the New Year:
Get a nerd. Have one in your life.
A nerd is an innovator, the one on the edge of discovery, the one that’s going to make change happen.
Scientists and engineers are innovators and most would consider them nerds.
This thought came about this past week while I was listening to Steve Henn on All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 2 January 2013.
A self-described nerd, Regina Dugan, the past director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency had this to say with a question she posed:
“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”
Ms. Dugan’s point: the fear of failure constrains you.
It takes failure to achieve success. It takes a belief in what you’re doing.
Many achievers have failed prior to their success.
Nerd or not, think of what is possible for you and then take the necessary steps to achieve your success.
That’s my goal. What’s yours?