Make it work

Tim Gunn is famous for this saying.

As he is working with designers who sew or cut themselves into a corner, his advice is “Make it work.”

Too often we find ourselves in places we didn’t expect to be. Often these places are undesirable or contrary to our plans. When we find ourselves there, we think we’re finished. We think we have blown it and there is no way to achieve what we set out to do. The temptation is to give up and walk away. Quit. But quitting is simply not an answer.

Corn Flakes, penicillin, dynamite and pacemakers were all created by accident. Those responsible for one thing ended up benefiting mankind greatly simply because they decided to make it work.

Regardless of your mistakes or missteps today, take what you still have and make it work.