“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney

It should come as no surprise to you after my interview with Lou Mongello that I am a big Disney fan. And while I love Disney parks and movies (yes, even as an adult), it's the history of the House That Walt Built that really gets me.

Because it would have been so much easier for the Disney empire to simply not exist.

It would've been a lot easier for Walt to have given up entirely and very early on. He faced devastating setbacks. A lot of them. But he didn't give up. He persisted. And, more than just persist, he innovated.

Walt Disney collected a team of geniuses around him and pioneered new technology that would bring his visions to life - the multiplane camera, audio-animatronics, and the tubular rollercoaster to name a few.

When others laughed at Walt's ideas or refused to give him funding, he stuck to his guns...and sent Roy to collect.

Say what you want about the Disney empire, there is also something really inspiring about Walt's level of commitment to his vision in the face of naysayers.

But here's the thing: you don't get to do the impossible if you don't do the hard, heavy, uncomfortable first repetition.

While Snow White, the world's first feature-length animated film, is beautiful and charming, it's also clunky when you set it alongside today's animation.

But we can't to today's level of digital animation without that first stepping stone.

In fact, without Walt, who knows if some of the advances in computer animation that we so casually enjoy today in our movies and video games would've ever been developed at all.

We entrepreneurs can sometimes stop ourselves before we start or judge our first steps too harshly. But the truth is that we never really know where our work might lead.

So if you're struggling right now or judging your first draft against the polished, perfect vision in your head, I'm here to remind you that you can't get to where you want to go by thinking yourself to the finish line.

Take the big leap. Share your heart. It's going to feel awkward and difficult.

That's good. It means you're doing something new. It means you're growing.

Fight inertia. Take your next hard, right step.

I'm cheering you on.

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