How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole?

Jump. I’m imagining a tall, thin wooden pole with a platform barely the size of an A4.

We can plan and strategise on how to get down. We can bend down slowly, grip each side of the pole and ease our way down until the bottom or we can tie a rope to the top of the pole and try a wall-climbing approach down. Whatever we strategise, there is one thing that remains constant, the goal to get down.

So why play it safe, you only have one chance. Jump and take a risk, an adventure where the outcome is unpredictable. You could land safely and continue on your daily life or you could break a leg and have a story to tell. Either way you walk (or limp) away knowing you tried something other than the norm. You found adventure and felt the adrenalin rush.

Life is quite like the 100-foot pole. So “Carpe Diem” - Seize the moment and grab all opportunities with both hands, make the most of it and importantly enjoy it because you only have one chance.