You have challenges, difficulties, competitors, people who are definitely not on your side, the world out there that’s trying to make it even more complicated, personal problems, injuries, thoughts, feelings, uncertainties. And that can take you to dark places sometimes.
We all go through the same stuff. The best way to navigate all that is to spot this common ground and build a shared view. When you make of sportsmanship your credo, you’ll find that life is suddenly easier.
What you are today is nothing compared to what you will be tomorrow.
And what you are today is massively more compared to what you were yesterday.
Life is continuous progress. Many look for success in what lies ahead – I will have more – while at the same time regretting the lack of what once was – I was better off. The point is to completely revert the perspective, and start measuring success looking at the path so far while aspiring to what comes next.
It’s always the journey, not the destination.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Epicurus
Are you into it only when everything is great, or even when it’s difficult?
Do you show up for work only on your best days, or even when you don’t feel like it?
Are you happy to take your turn in the company meeting only when the results are great, or even when you’ve had a bad period?
Do you love your partner only when they make you coffee in the morning, or even when they are just too busy to even drink the coffee?
Are you a leader only when the team is great, or even when the team needs guidance and motivation?
The point is, it’s easy when it’s easy. It’s when the going gets tough that the tough get going.
Every person is a possibility. Every person is many possibilities.
There are different paths you can take, different journeys you can loose yourself into, different decisions to make. The person you are today is probably not the person you will be tomorrow and certainly only one of the many different persons you could have become.
In this wealth of options, you can end up moving from one to the next. Or you can make an intentional choice, stick with it, and always keep in mind a couple of principles: this is what’s better for me and this is what’s better for the people I care about.
No matter how fantastic an idea is, how relevant it is, how sure you are you are never going to forget it and you will keep improving on it.
In the busyness of the day, the idea will most likely fly away.
If you ever want to achieve something meaningful (for you), take the habit of writing things down.
It makes a difference.
You've got this 