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I know that you have things you want to do, things to create; but resist because maybe it’s a “little too out there”, no one else has done it yet, or you might fail, etc. Well you need to take another look at it, and reconsider. You probably should move ahead with your ideas. Do it.

Last week my Dad (Superman of the North) took his children and his grandchildren on a hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and back, in two days. My Dad’s 80, the youngest grandchildren are 9, and the hike is a 5,000 foot drop in elevation along a 7 mile route. Coming up is a 10 mile route. It’s tough, and the primary concern of the adults in the party was that the children wouldn’t make it. We were wrong. By the time the children reached the top, most of the over 40 crowd were about 2 miles behind.

A nice story; so what?

Well this is it: My Dad loves the Grand Canyon and he wanted to share it with us all together. He put a lot of work into organizing it all; and worrying about it all. The perils are obvious. But it was a huge success. He could have sat home and merely dreamed about it, but he didn’t. He did it.

We are doing this in our business everyday; taking risks, making bets, innovating, and executing. It’s a lot of work, and again, the perils are obvious; the rewards are less so.

Here’s an example:

Last year we created myGPcloud. It is completely unique as a self-provisioning (less than 10 minutes) mid-range ERP system. We also include a 30 Day Free Trial, with no setup fee; also unique. It took several months of tremendous effort to launch it in August 2010.

As of today, it is still unique. Has it been worth it? Yes. We received this honor from Microsoft:

And we have experienced an increase in business we would not have experienced otherwise.

Is this it? Are we done creating? No. We keep doing it; every week, every day.

Are you innovating and creating? The World is waiting for you. Get to it.

If you’re not moving yet, look at what Sir Richard told us in July.

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