Weebles Wobble

Are you willing to wobble? Or do you prefer rigid, perfect stability? Wobbling is how we hone in on sweet spots, often with much more precision, allowing nature to help it be revealed rather than forced by us. Weebles wobble. They are the perfect example of how to find equilibrium.

Do you remember these?

“There’s a wonderful world with wobbly Weebles. Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down.”

My younger sister had some Weebles and they did fall down if you pushed them hard enough, but that was us being obnoxious, pushing them beyond their limits, basically Weeble murder. Otherwise, they were always smiling, wobbling about, cute and clumsy, perfectly imperfect. They found their sweet spot and lived happily ever after.

Penguins wobble. It works.

Baby animals wobble. And then they don’t.

Humans wobble. A lot. With every new skill. For a long time. Actually, our whole lives. Remember the first time you tried to drive a car? Learned to write? Put on heels? First attempts at applying makeup? First times with [insert every single new skill here]?

This dancer is not only embracing the wobble, but making the wobble the whole point.

We are Weebles

All day every day, wobbling our way through life. So, why do we demand perfection and then get upset when we don’t achieve it? Or, why do we dismiss wobbling as a possible step or even result? Why are we embarrassed to show our wobble? Why do we fight so hard for immediate stability, completely shutting out the wobble that will lead us there naturally and far more effectively and accurately?

Do you ever try to lie still and relax? Do you notice that you’re not fully relaxed? It works a lot better when we tense up every muscle one by one and then let go. That’s a wobble that hones in on true relaxation. The straight line to that target doesn’t work, but wobbling does.

The Wobbling Way

This passage from James Altucher, Skip the Line illustrates the power of wobbling and its effect in achieving success.

“The Wright brothers ran a bicycle shop. People love to ride bicycles. The U.S. government was spending $2 million to get a plane in the air. The Wright brothers (from their tiny bike shop) were racing against the wealthy U.S. government to fly. Who would fly first?

The government was convinced that a plane had to fly straight or it would crash. No turbulence. Zero imperfections, or else it would fail. The Wright brothers thought this also. Until one day . . . they looked at a little kid learning to ride a bike. He jumped on the bike and took off. He wobbled for a few seconds, and every turn he wobbled again, but soon he was off and gone. He was riding a bike.

He wobbled!

They made a plane that wobbled. The plane flew. They made history. They beat out a government that was spending millions. They did it by focusing on progress rather than perfection.

“Progress” is skipping the line. “Perfection” means you’re going to wait in line forever.

Don’t be afraid to wobble.”

James Altucher, Skip the Line

Wobble Boldly

Today I want to empower all of us to go forth and wobble! Embrace the wobble and let it guide us! Go do something new, something you’re not so good at, something that feels awkward, be brave. The way to work through the wobble is to show up and wobble. As we improve, the wobble settles and we stand tall, just like the Weebles.

Today’s Wobble

For me? I have a hard leg day ahead of me in the gym followed by solo posing practice at home. My wobble at the gym is almost always related to clumsiness. Without fail, I drop something, clonk my head on a bar or something else very hard, run a shin bone into something – I’m not graceful in the gym. Who cares. I get a little smoother with each visit. My best wobble of all is in my heels practicing my posing. But you know what? It is much better to wobble now than to wobble on stage later!

Go Wobble!

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