Tag: resistance

Far from perfect

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We are not in search of perfection, and yet we demand ourselves to produce perfection.

The expectations we put on our work are often way higher than those our audience has. This happens in part because we often idealize our audience – and here’s a reminder of how important it is to truly get to know those you are serving. But it also happens because perfect gives us a reason to not deliver, to postpone, to keep thinking and refining.

Accepting far from perfect is not a way to excuse our poor job, rather it is the only possible route to shipping.

Two sons

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We spend more time being worried about unlikely events than we spend preparing for concrete possibilities. And we spend more time being busy with things that matter little than we spend actually doing work that is important.

Worry and busy are two brothers. And they are both sons of resistance.

Be aware they are not getting any closer to achieving your goals.

Get to it

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The World is not in lack of talent or great ideas. It is in lack of commitment.

Commitment to show up even when there’s no one cheering. Commitment to dedicate your attention to one thing only. Commitment to pursue your purpose in face of adversity. Commitment to do the work even after a series of bad days. Commitment to self and mutual understanding. Commitment to not having an opinion on every frivolous thing.

This is not a lecture, it is rather an awakening.

Let’s get to it.

Real challenges

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The fourth blog post.

The second month in an important project.

The tenth episode of your podcast.

The sixth year in your wedding.

The eleventh year of being a parent.

The fifth exam at the university.

The twentieth cover letter you customise.

The third year in your job.

That’s where the real challenge lies.

Getting started takes mindset and effort, but the adrenaline of “new” might make up for a lack in both. It’s when you have to keep going with no cheers at every turn that things get tough.

Uncertain

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Life is uncertain.

We try to build walls around it, yet it continues to escape. Nobody could have predicted what the world is experiencing just two months ago. Nobody can argue they know what will happen in the next two.

Of course, we are living an extreme case.

But life IS uncertain, and we know it. We know how difficult it is to build a career, to make a relationship work, to be consistent in time, to raise kids, to plan for retirement, to stick to our own word, to make it worth it.

Things happen that are completely out of our control, all the time, and we suffer most when we attempt to give a sense, write a story, change it all.

There’s a way to prepare for uncertain. It is recognizing uncertainty and accept it as a given.

There can be reassurance in the chaos that surrounds us if we just stop pretending it is something we can fix.