To use a cliche about goals or smart goals or whatever people are calling them right now--an Everest, like many types of goals is definable. You know when you have summitted your Everest. Clear examples include my Everest (the Pilot’s certificate), running a marathon, starting your own business, finishing a degree, achieving your goal weight or actually summitting a mountain such as Everest itself.
But an Everest is no normal goal. In many ways it is unique. I can say for sure that Climbing Your Everest is something that has not and will not come easy for you. A true Everest involves multiple failures. If it comes easy for you and you don’t fail and struggle along the way….then guess what? It was not your Everest! It was a nice, maybe even really difficult goal that you achieved, but it wasn't an Everest as I am defining it.
Why is your Everest more difficult for you than for other people? Because the path is strewn with psychological baggage usually from your childhood or young adulthood.
Another aspect of a true Everest is that you must achieve it or do your best to achieve it or you will regret it on your deathbed. Achieving it is something you want to define and brand who you are, what you are about. The Headliner on your Bucket List.
Also, an Everest will be risky. It might be expensive, dangerous or difficult for important people in your life to accept....probably all three and more, but you are compelled to do it anyway.
Finally, an Everest often has its roots in a childhood dream. Sometimes it is given to you (as in my case) or it finds you, or maybe it is a dream in your head since childhood that is always on your brain and you can't shake it.
--Do you have an Everest? Does everyone have one? I didn't know I had one until my late 30's! Are you not sure what your Everest is and you want an Everest? Please comment below!
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