But only in the beginning.
Once you’ve built that muscle up, what you could barely do before will be your warm-up.
That’s how I feel about learning and executing. There is a ton to learn.
Skill is built daily in the trenches.
Take heart in the beginner’s mind. Allows you to always grow and adapt.
The process takes you to the prize.
You know what gets me.
That little fear in the back of my head.
Saying don’t stick out, you’ll be safer with the group.
It’s that S.O.B. that I have to fight day in & day out.
And then, something good happens and that fear tranforms.
Now, it says they are going to laugh at you.
All the while I keep going.
[Tweet “I can’t run from my fear. But I damn sure can run it over.”]
I’m doing the work.
No time, on my calendar for fear.
I was lost. But now I have found my way.
How did I do it?
I admitted that I fucked up. And I forgave myself. Then I listened over and over to motivational tapes. You know the ones. They say its ok to fail as long as you move forward. Mistakes are your friend. I’m not sold on that one. Mistakes are learning experiences.
After a few of those tapes I found some mentors online. And I just started taking action. And adjusting. Over and over and over.
You want to do the same things? Here’s a quick action list.
1. Absorb everything from these guys
2. Seth Godin
3. Les Brown
2. Make a rough plan
3. Act!
4. Adjust!
5. Repeat 3 & 4 until goal achieved
6. Set new goal
Don’t make the project easy.
Think about how many people want the easy road. No one asks for the road filled with barbed wire, trolls, and unreliable friends. But that’s exactly what I want.
It allows me to separate from the herd. Once I’ve gone that extra mile there are only a few brothers of the way. Soldiers on the warpath from good to great. I’ve got my helmet strapped up.
So,yep. I’ll take the hard road.
[Tweet “Built for Pain.”]
I will win.
The first choice made the second one predictable.