Stick with something long enough and it will change you.
Stick with something you have chosen, something that is difficult, something that is inspiring, something you would not normally do, something that you had wanted to do for a long time. And it will become a passion, a second nature, an habit.
Stick with something long enough and it will save you.
Two things I noticed when running on the treadmill.
First, the first few minutes are a real pain. Legs are heavy, breathing irregular, body tense. Makes me want to give up right away.
Second, when I focus on the screen with pace, distance, and time, running feels a lot more difficult – mentally and physically – than when I focus on the wall 10 meters ahead of me.
The point being.
Getting started is rarely pleasant. And when you eventually get started, focusing too much on what you see right in front of you will make you lose perspective and vision, therefore decreasing your motivation.
Is there not enough greatness in the world that we need to waste time establishing who is the greatest?
Is there not enough talent in one field that we need to waste time establishing who is the most talented?
Is there not enough skilfulness in the team that we need to waste time establishing who is the best?
Pointless discussions lead to meagre results.
And in the meantime, the world goes on thanks to those who understand that greatness, talent, and skilfulness are work and commitment at scale, not a zero-sum game.
We want a job to seek stability, and then we want to leave that job to seek freedom.
We pursue relationships to seek companionships, and then we want to leave those relationships behind because we feel like we lost ourselves.
We follow a passion to seek fulfilment, and then we want to abandon that passion to catch up with all the achievements we had stopped pursuing.
It’s not them. It’s not the job, the relationships, the passion.
It’s us.
Nobody is going to knock at your door and choose you.
Not because you are unworthy, simply because we are all busy, we are all self-absorbed, we are all overwhelmed.
Everything that is good starts with you. It will have to start with you.
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