This viral picture reminded me of a couple of things.
First, that creativity (coming up with ideas) and innovation (the implementation of those same ideas) can be applied to anything, even something as old as business cards.
And second, that creativity and innovation are often a good way to create early stages buzz. Whether that will spread further down the line, though, is a different matter.
You can’t have it all.
It’s a sentence we often hear and one that is incredibly difficult to live by.
Of course, when you think, act, are as if that were true, the single thing that’s left is to understand what is important. Remove the distractions and the infinite opportunities, get them out of the way.
You can’t have it all means you can still have some. The trick is ensuring the “some” is highly relevant.
A defeat is not the end of the world.
For sure, it hurts. You’ll have to take time to process it. You will be tempted to give way to regrets, complaints, frustation, fury. And sometimes, you should. You will need to regroup with those who have been close to you all along the way. You will grieve, cry perhaps, feel like everything was pointless. You will analyse, and question, and wonder. You might be doing that for quite some time.
In the end, though, you will accept and go back to your practice. And actually, the fastest you do, the strongest you are.
Because a defeat is not the end of the world.
Most of your satisfaction is due to the effective application of three interrelated things.
This is true in your personal and your professional life. At the office, in your free time, and at the gym. When you are on your own, with your partner, with your friends, or with your kids.
It is a matter of awareness, of choices, and boundaries.
It is a matter of saving resources and investing them in the things that have the highest potential.
It is a matter of acknowledgement and empathy.
There’s a wealth of opportunities at any given time out there.
And to catch them you need to become very good at saying no. Because too much is essentially the same as nothing.
It starts with knowing what you are here for.
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