Timing is Everything.

Timing is everything. You’ve certainly heard that before. When you try to achieve a goal is almost as important as how you do it.

For example, did you know that the fax machine was invented in the 1940s? It took forty more years for the concept to find its place in business (and another twenty for it to be eclipsed by scanning and e-mail). Clearly, the timing wasn’t right. Having the concept, even a proven concept, doesn’t mean that success is imminent. Other things need to line up. I have no idea what held back the fax, but it could have been the ability of the copper wires to handle the signals, or the ability to print the document at the receiving end, or maybe something as simple as being able to dial a number. But when everything lined up, including people’s interest for being able to “send” paper from one place to another, the concept became viable and millions sold.

How is this a career move? Your next idea could be brilliant, but just not well timed. That’s okay. Write it down, and get back to it. It could be a future fax just waiting to print!