In “No Hero” a former Navy SEAL tells the story of his training in climbing.

He had an innate fear of heights and so he struggled with this portion of his training. At one point he found himself “frozen” on the side of a mountain, unable to make any progress.

His instructor climbed up to him and told him to “focus on your three foot world”.

Meaning to focus on the part that he could control.

Not the height, not the mountain, not the clouds; just his hand and foot holds and moving up the mountain.

The author then explains that he used that idea many times during his training and various deployments.

Any situation where we felt out of control, he would institute the “three foot world” and focus on what he could control.

Often times we get distracted by things outside our three foot world.

We let fear keep us from moving forward, one step at a time.

Just take the next step. Today.

Make it a great day.

Jake