Often for me – and perhaps you – the first step is the hardest.I am a very productive person and can work for hours without interruption. But only when I get started. Some days I start earlier than other days.

You have things you should do. Things you can do. Things you want to do. Things that will make your life better and improve the life of those around you. Things that will improve your self-esteem. Things that will make you healthier. Things that will improve your relationships. Things that will deepen your spiritual life. Things that will make you smarter and more interesting. Things that will help you fulfill a dream in your heart.

Things that maybe you’ve given up on because … well, because you never got started. You simply haven’t taken the first step.

One of my annual rituals is that the first time I go to a pool that has a high dive, I head straight there first. Why? I know it is harder to go head first off a ten or twelve-foot springboard every year and I want to serve notice up front – to no one else but me – that I can still do this.

What do you want to do today? This summer? Before the year is over? In the next decade? Before your life is over?

The most important step to get there, to do it, is the first step. Begin it. Be bold.

What one step can you take even today?