At work, I use the phrase “pivot point” to describe a moment when everything can change, turn. It can be for better or worse, but it won’t be the same. I guess I first saw the words “pivot tables” in Excel and my brain made this up other usage. There’s also a financial trading definition but I just saw that as I googled the term for this blog.
Enough background.
Why am I bringing up pivot points? I was watching Olympic competitions in Vancouver over the last few days. Everything can hinge on one moment. I saw the combined men’s skiing leader lose the gold because he missed a gate in his quest for speed (instant disqualification I learned later); and Bode Miller got the gold: http://cnmnewsnetwork.com/1812/alpine-skiing-mens-super-combined-bode-miller-gold-medal-adds-to-awards/
Pivot points are everywhere. With bobsleds it takes one tiny bump on the whole run or just a small bit of an angle on a curve. That, oh, say 0.1 of a second can be the difference in medal or no medal.
It got me thinking how we non-Olympians have pivot points too – a moment in our lives when something changes and we are changed. Perhaps others are changed too. Divorces, diseases, accidents. All pivot points. As are babies, marriages, moves.
Just some thoughts. Now feed the fish.
