A few years ago, my younger sister and I were the first ones down the tunnel to board our flight for Norfolk, Virginia. Just as we were about to board the plane, a mechanic emerged from inside the aircraft and blocked the door with his arms. He turned to the flight attendant and hurriedly stated, “We got problems!”

鍑犲勾鍓嶏紝鎴戝拰濡瑰鎼箻椋炴満鍘诲紬鍚夊凹浜氬窞鐨勮绂忓厠甯傦紝褰撴椂鎴戜滑鏄渶鏃╅€氳繃闅ч亾鍑嗗鐧绘満鐨勪箻瀹€傛褰撴垜浠鐧讳笂椋炴満鐨勬椂鍊欙紝涓€浣嶆満姊板笀浠庢満鑸遍噷璧板嚭鏉ワ紝鐢ㄦ墜鑷傛尅浣忎簡鑸遍棬銆備粬杞繃韬€ヤ績鍦板涔樺姟鍛樿閬擄細“鎴戜滑閬囧埌闂浜嗭紒”

I thought to myself, “Why did I have to be the one to hear that? Why couldn’t I have been at the back of the line? I didn’t need to know that!” Very soon we were back in the terminal, waiting, and then ultimately back on the plane. I waited for the pilot to give an explanation. Pilots take courses to ease passengers’ mind right? They know what to say to calm nerves.

鎴戞殫鎯筹細“涓轰粈涔堟槸鎴戝惉鍒拌繖涓秷鎭憿锛熶负浠€涔堟垜涓嶆槸鎺掑湪鐧绘満闃熶紞鐨勬渶鍚庡憿锛熸垜涓嶉渶瑕佺煡閬撹繖浠朵簨锛?rdquo;寰堝揩鍦版垜浠繑鍥炲埌鍊欐満瀹ょ瓑娑堟伅锛岀劧鍚庢渶缁堝張鍥炲埌浜嗛鏈轰笂銆傛垜绛夌潃鏈洪暱缁欏嚭涓€涓悎鐞嗙殑瑙ｉ噴銆傛満闀夸滑閮藉杩囧浣曠紦鍜屼箻瀹滑鐨勬儏缁紝涓嶆槸鍚楋紵浠栦滑鐭ラ亾搴旇璇翠簺浠€涔堟潵瀹芥叞绁炵粡绱у紶鐨勪箻瀹滑銆?/span>

Unfortunately, I don’t think this pilot took that course. Soon his voice boomed throughout the plane, “Sorry for the delay, ladies and gentlemen. We had no power on the plane. We have a generator on the ground right now, and we are going to jump-start the engines. Once we get them going, we will get up in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens.”

涓嶅垢鐨勬槸锛屾垜鎯虫垜浠殑杩欎綅鏈洪暱骞舵病鏈夊杩囪繖鏂归潰鐨勮绋嬨€傚緢蹇紝浠栫殑澹伴煶灏卞湪鏁翠釜鏈鸿埍閲屽洖鍝嶏細“濂冲＋浠€佸厛鐢熶滑锛屽緢鎶辨瓑椋炴満鏅氱偣浜嗐€傛垜浠殑椋炴満鍔ㄥ姏涓嶈冻锛岀幇鍦ㄥ湪鍦伴潰涓婃湁鍙板彂鐢垫満锛屾垜浠噯澶囧€熷姪瀹冩潵鍙戝姩椋炴満涓婄殑寮曟搸銆備竴鏃﹀彂鍔ㄤ簡閭ｄ簺寮曟搸锛屾垜浠氨鑳藉椋炲埌绌轰腑骞堕鍚戣绂忓厠甯傦紝鐒跺悗闅忔満搴斿彉銆?rdquo;

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That was it. That was all he said. See what happens? We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens? Couldn’t we have another plan, one that’s been worked out just a little better?

鍠€鍝?mdash;—

灏辫繖鏍枫€備粬灏辨槸杩欎箞璇寸殑銆傞殢鏈哄簲鍙橈紵鎴戜滑浼氶鍏堝崌绌猴紝鐒跺悗闅忔満搴斿彉锛熼毦閬撴垜浠笉鑳芥湁涓€涓洿濂界殑璁″垝鍚楋紵

At this point, all I could do was to laugh nervously. One woman started yelling, “Oh no! We are going to crash!” There were sighs of desperation and anxiety spreading throughout the cabin like a tidal wave, and we hadn’t even taken off yet. Thirty minutes passed and we were still sitting there. Then the voice of the pilot came over the intercom again, “Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are frustrated—so are we—we know you are hot, we only have one engine going right now, and it is working double time.”

杩欎釜鏃跺€欙紝鎴戞墍鑳藉仛鐨勫彧鏄揣寮犲叜鍏湴绗戜簡璧锋潵銆備竴浣嶅コ澹紑濮嬪ぇ鍙細“鍣紝涓嶏紒鎴戜滑瑕佸潬鏈轰簡锛?rdquo;缁濇湜鍜岀劍铏戠殑鍙规伅澹板儚娼睈鑸腑鍗蜂簡鏁翠釜鏈鸿埍锛岃€屾垜浠敋鑷宠繕娌℃湁璧烽銆備笁鍗佸垎閽熻繃鍘讳簡锛屾垜浠粛鐒跺仠鍦ㄥ師鍦般€傛帴鐫€骞挎挱閲屽張涓€娆″搷璧蜂簡鏈洪暱鐨勫０闊筹細“濂冲＋浠紝鍏堢敓浠紝鎴戠煡閬撲綘浠緢娌抚锛屾垜浠篃涓€鏍凤紱鎴戜滑鐭ラ亾浣犱滑鐜板湪鎰熷埌寰堢儹锛屽洜涓烘垜浠幇鍦ㄥ彧鏈変竴涓紩鎿庤兘澶熸甯歌繍杞紝鑰屼笖瀹冩鍦ㄥ姞閫熻繍杞€?rdquo;

Click.

There were moan as if we had all boarded a vessel of doom. It seemed that, we were all seated in an aluminum casket, buckled next to strangers. After all, the pilot said he was frustrated. He told us our one engine was working double time, and his elaborate plan was to get up in the air, and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air, and what happened? Nothing—other than thrust and lift. We arrived in Norfolk, and no sooner had the wheels touched the tarmac than a round of applause burst out, as everyone throughout the airplane simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief.

鍠€鍝?mdash;—

鏈鸿埍鍐呬竴鐗囧搥鍙凤紝浼间箮鎴戜滑鎼箻鐨勬槸涓€鑹樻繏涓存瘉鐏殑椋炶埞銆備技涔庢垜浠兘鍧愬湪涓€鍙ｉ摑鍒跺ぇ妫烘潗閲岋紝琚畨鍏ㄥ甫鐗㈢墷鎵ｄ綇锛岃韩鏃佸潗鐫€鐨勯兘鏄檶鐢熶汉銆傛瘯绔燂紝閭ｄ綅鏈洪暱璇翠粬涔熷緢娌抚銆備粬鍛婅瘔鎴戜滑锛屾垜浠殑涓€涓紩鎿庢鍦ㄥ姞閫熻繍杞紝鑰屼粬鐨勮缁嗚鍒掓槸鍏堝崌绌猴紝鐒跺悗闅忔満搴斿彉锛佹帴鐫€锛屾垜浠湡鐨勮繖涔堝仛浜嗐€傛垜浠崌涓婂崐绌猴紝鐒跺悗鍙戠敓浜嗕粈涔堝憿锛熶粈涔堜篃娌℃湁鍙戠敓锛岄櫎浜嗘劅鍙楀埌鎺ㄥ姏鍜屼笂鍗囧姏銆傛垜浠姷杈句簡璇虹鍏嬪競锛岄鏈虹殑杞瓙鎺ヨЕ鍒板仠鏈哄潽鐨勫湴闈㈡椂锛屾満鑸遍噷鎺屽０闆峰姩锛岄鏈轰笂鐨勬瘡涓汉閮藉悓鏃惰垝浜嗕竴鍙ｆ皵銆?/span>

Although, I do sincerely like to have a plan better than “see what happens” worked out when flying—it really isn’t such a bad life strategy. All too often, I would see people chasing their goals halt frozen with inaction just because they don’t have all the necessary pieces or guaranteed result when in reality—they will never have all the pieces. Success will never be guaranteed. The best thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what happens. Sometimes adjustments would be made in the air, or shall we say, in the middle of the process.

铏界劧鍦ㄩ琛岀殑鏃跺€欙紝鎴戣瘹鎸氬湴甯屾湜鑳芥湁涓€涓瘮“闅忔満搴斿彉”鏇村ソ鐨勮鍒?mdash;—浣?ldquo;闅忔満搴斿彉”涔熶笉澶变负涓€涓壇濂界殑浜虹敓绛栫暐銆傛垜鏃跺父浼氱湅鍒拌拷姹傜洰鏍囩殑浜轰滑鎬犱簬琛屽姩锛屼粎浠呭洜涓轰粬浠笉鍏峰鎵€鏈夌殑蹇呰鏉′欢锛屾垨鑰呭缁撴灉娌℃湁鍗佽冻鐨勬妸鎻★紱鍏跺疄鍦ㄧ幇瀹炵敓娲讳腑锛屼粬浠案杩滈兘涓嶅彲鑳藉叿澶囨墍鏈夌殑蹇呰鏉′欢銆傛垚鍔熶粠鏉ヤ笉鏄崄鎷夸節绋崇殑銆備綘鑳藉仛鐨勬渶濂界殑浜嬪氨鏄涓婂崐绌猴紝鐒跺悗闅忔満搴斿彉銆傛湁鏃跺€欙紝浣犲彲浠ュ湪鍗婄┖涓紝鎴栬€呰鍦ㄤ簨鎯呯殑杩涚▼涓紝鏍规嵁鎯呭喌鍋氬嚭璋冩暣銆?/span>

If your effort is to build a busines then listen closely, “Get up in the air, and see what happens!” Don’t give yourself all the reasons why you can’t. Do not wait until you have everything you need. You never will!

濡傛灉浣犲湪鍔姏寮€鍒涗竴鐣簨涓氾紝閭ｄ箞鍙鍚粩缁嗕簡锛?ldquo;鍏堥鍒板崐绌轰腑锛岀劧鍚庨殢鏈哄簲鍙橈紒”涓嶈鎬绘槸涓鸿嚜宸辨壘鐞嗙敱瑙ｉ噴涓轰粈涔堜綘鍋氫笉鍒般€備笉瑕佺瓑鍒颁綘鎷ユ湁浜嗕綘鎵€闇€瑕佺殑涓€鍒囧啀琛屽姩——浣犳案杩滈兘绛変笉鍒伴偅涓€澶┿€?/span>

If your mission is to start a friendship, say “Hello”; get up in the air, and see what happens! Don’t stress over what you will talk about—wing it, and make mid-air adjustments. The results could be very rewarding. Do not allow yourself to stay on the runway, just because you feel the flight may seem doomed. In friendships the only doomed flights are the ones that stay on the runway.

濡傛灉浣犳兂寮€濮嬩竴娈靛弸璋婏紝灏变富鍔ㄥ湴璇?ldquo;浣犲ソ”锛岃瘯鐫€浜ゅ線锛岀劧鍚庨殢鏈哄簲鍙橈紒涓嶈鎷呭績浣犳帴涓嬫潵鐨勮瘽棰?mdash;—闅忔満搴斿彉锛屽湪浜ゅ線鐨勮繃绋嬩腑杩涜璋冩暣锛岀粨鏋滀細寰堟湁鏀惰幏鐨勩€備笉瑕佷粎浠呭洜涓轰綘瑙夊緱杩欐“椋炶”鍙兘浼氬け璐ワ紝灏辫鑷繁涓€鐩村仠鐣欏湪璺戦亾涓娿€傚浜庡弸璋婃潵璇达紝鍞竴浼氬け璐ョ殑“椋炶”灏辨槸閭ｄ簺涓€鐩村仠鐣欏湪璺戦亾涓婄殑“鐝満”銆?/span>

If your goal is to learn a new skill, “Get up in the air, and see what happens!” It might not be as challenging as you thought. You might be smarter than you thought. It could be fun!

濡傛灉浣犵殑鐩爣鏄涔犱竴绉嶆柊鎶€鑳斤紝“椋炲埌鍗婄┖涓紝鐒跺悗闅忔満搴斿彉锛?rdquo;杩欑鏂版妧鑳藉彲鑳芥病鏈変綘鎯崇殑閭ｄ箞瀵屾湁鎸戞垬銆備綘涔熷彲鑳芥瘮鑷繁浠ヤ负鐨勬洿鑱槑銆傚涔犵殑杩囩▼鍙兘鏄緢鏈夎叮鐨勶紒

When traveling, I still hope that my pilot has a more detailed plan than, “We will see what happens.” Although in life, it isn’t such a bad strategy, after all.

铏界劧鍦ㄦ梾琛岀殑鏃跺€欙紝鎴戣繕鏄笇鏈涙垜鐨勬満闀挎湁涓€涓瘮“鎴戜滑闅忔満搴斿彉”鏇村懆璇︾殑璁″垝锛屼絾鍦ㄤ汉鐢熶腑锛岃繖绉嶇瓥鐣ュ叾瀹炶繕涓嶉敊銆?/span>