Fear Of Failure Turns To Terror From Triumph

I have been working for close to a year and half on a concept to offer volunteer business consulting in an international destination to promote local economic development. Starting with the concept, I looked at a number of organizations with which to promote it finding none where it would fit. Finally I was encouraged to consider Rotary International. I made many inquiries to Rotarians I knew from around the country. I made no headway. Finally one of my contacts here in Santa Fe, a young man of 37 who is a real go getter, decided to take this on. He introduced me to a number of people in Rotary who are doing international projects. One of these experienced hands told me,

     "You need to just join Rotary and do this yourself. This is a very decentralized organization and once you are a member you can approach any club in the world with your idea." 

I took his advice and Wife and I joined Rotary (she for other reasons). My mentor helped me draft a letter. I did a bunch of research on where I might promote this idea. I decided that I needed to do basic on-site research before even trying to create a proof of concept. Places that were developing but not impoverished were ideal and they had to have English as a main language. This led to Africa. Looking at various factors including ease of getting there (which is not great anywhere in Africa) and relative stability, I ended up choosing Accra the capital of Ghana. I found there were 23 Rotary clubs in Accra.

I created a mailing list. So I had my letter, email addresses everything ready to go. And sat on it for about 10 days. I had this feeling that I would send out all these emails and get zero response...end of game for idea. Finally on Tuesday, I pulled the trigger and sent them out. Within a day four clubs had responded - not just positively - but enthusiastically positively. By Friday I had two more clubs with interest. Almost 25% of the total. Now suddenly I realized I had a whole bunch of people with which to work and no real action plan.

I've been thinking about it and getting my desired outcomes and goals in order to put together a plan. Today, I went online to see about getting a free ticket using miles. Not only did I get the days I wanted, but I got great connections, not the usual thing that happens using miles for flights.

I am getting a feeling that the Gods may be on my side here. We'll see.