"I could do that"

It's a great phrase. Possibly the greatest phrase in American history.

Every leader of our country in government, business, and entertainment (sports or otherwise) has spoken those very words at one point or another. Each leader at a young age most likely had a hero, or possibly a villain they believed that they could become or possibly conquer. Some of those villains might have been mental. With each person, within themselves is a great resolve for greatness. It begins with "I could do that." and every person who has lost hope probably held their dreams in their grasp for a brief moment, only to shortly lose it. They may have said "I could've have done that" followed by a simple or elaborate excuse on why they never reached there full potential.

"I could do that", can be extremely simple, like going to the store instead making your mother go instead. And as dark as the circumstance may be, "I could do that" could be as prolific as one man in Tunisia who when he set himself ablaze inadvertently lead a revolution. The others who felt as he did may be saying, "we can do this" now.

Mahatma Gandhi said:

"be the change that you want to see in the world."

Indeed we have that ability to be that change in the world.

More simply, I found something that I didn't expect to be the change in, but tonight as I was reading my friends blog I saw some interesting designs and I thought to myself. "I can do that". It was simple really, all I need in supplies is about 25 or 30 dollars. The items were being sold for over 100 dollars. Not only did I know that I could do that, I knew that I could be better!

So I pose a question: Who do we see or what do see that we say, "I could do that" and can't we also say in the same thought, "...and I can do it better". Without any sort of dishonest pride, we we should want to be able to do something better than someone else. This is innovation. This is why we have AC and DC current. This is why we have Android and Apple. Why we have NASA and the fallen Soviet Space Program.

It's interesting what your mind can spark if you give it a small seed. All I thought about was making these cool nic-nacs for a fraction of the price. My mind began to question, "What else can you do Willy?" It's time to stop going to work for the purpose of getting a paycheck. It's time for others to get inside there own head and figure out what we all can do, that others are doing as well.

Here's a math equation for you

I (could) do that + will = I will do that

Mitch, if you're reading this, I know.