On July 20th we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "One giant leap for mankind". The very idea of a human walking on the lunar surface still boggles the mind, but when you consider the comparatively crude technology of the time, the feat is almost impossible to fathom.

I once read a great personal improvement booklet that offered an interesting perception on achievement. It said that, during the trip from Earth to the moon, the lunar module was off course more than 90% of the time. But scientists knew that they could make the necessary course corrections on the fly. They also realized that if they waited until they could be assured of a true course from liftoff to lunar landing, the astronauts would probably never leave the blue planet, much less achieve President Kennedy's prediction of putting a man on the moon by the end of 1969.

Those of us in radio are facing some very real and very modern problems today. But as daunting as those problems may seem, they are no more so than flying to the moon using 1969 technology. How many of you are postponing making changes until you are assured of a true course? Perhaps it's time to identify the objective, create a plan that is less than certain, and then make a leap of faith and just go for it, knowing that some mid-course corrections may be necessary. You're smart enough to know if you are starting to veer off course, and you're smart enough to figure out the necessary adjustments to get back on course.

If you wait for the perfect plan, you may never know what it feels like to walk on the moon.