Hang up

Don’t get hang up on the tool, on the setting, on the company, on the system. Those are all important things to define at some point, but if you realise that’s what is keeping you from doing, don’t get hang up on them.

In the early stages, the most important thing is doing.

Good time for a break

July is a fantastic time to take a break, right after the first half is done.

And to be honest, it’s always a fantastic time to take a break. When you have done good work, when you have done a lot of work, when you are about to start working on something new.

This is still good advice to follow, right before the break.

Deep care

If you want to change something you deeply care about, you ought to be able to love what’s good in it.

The bad is going to kill your motivation before it gets better, so it’s important to reinforce the reason why you are in it.

No need to be alone

Find that person who is always supporting, who cheers for you no matter what, who wants your success more than their own, who is critical with kindness, whom you genuinely enjoy talking to.

And once you have found them, do not fear asking for their help.

There’s no need to be alone in your journey.

The superior companion

If you fall in love with an outcome, you will never notice that the world around you is moving, that the context is ever changing, and that the outcome, in the end, does not provide that sense of reward you had anticipated.

If instead you fall in love with the journey, you are in the present, here and now. You see the changes, you notice the details, you are awake and ready, you have a place to fall back to when the unexpected becomes reality.

The journey is just a superior companion.