Stop Wishing and Start Doing
Motivation and ability fail people. Not only that they need to develop skills of achievement, but they must also develop achievement habits. Stop wishing and start winning.
Motivation and ability fail people. Not only that they need to develop skills of achievement, but they must also develop achievement habits. Stop wishing and start winning.
I do not know you. But I think you can start one small action today that will help you build yourself. Let us brainstorm.
I think you can start…
Always be the first-rate version of yourself instead of being a second-rate version of someone else. Imitating someone will take a lot of effort, time, and emotional investment. The person is constantly moving and changing and hiding. Look around. A lot of people are wasting
A minute for a dying man is a lifetime. Gladwell said that we need to work for 10,000 solid hours to become an expert of something. Unfortunately, even those who have worked for 10 and 20 years cannot claim expertise in what we do. Some leaders
Poverty is painful, and it often dulls the mind. I was eleven. We were living in slums.
Passion originally means suffering. Recently, the meaning expanded to an intense feeling that moves us to action…and that feeling is usually seen as love.
So, do not be surprised when I tell you to do what you love. I believe all leaders will tell you the same. I cannot claim any originality. Passion is doing what you love.
Begin now. You don’t have to wait until everything is perfect. You have a big project to accomplish. Maybe, a project worth a million pesos. Don’t get yourself be overwhelmed by the bigness of this project. Do not spend too much time on planning. I
Gurus will tell you to start the day with easy tasks. I think this works when your best time of the day is in the afternoon or in the evening.
Malcolm Gladwell talked about the 10,000 Hour Rule. He did not argue for it. Instead, he gave us many examples of successful people who devoted their lives to doing one thing they are passionate about. However, most people want instant success. They ignore the 10,000 Hour
We measure ourselves better with the outcome we create, the impact we make, the value we produce.
We do not become productive because we do more. People who are caught in a whirlwind do more everyday. But they don’t get the most important goals done.
In this short post, I invite you to that more is not always better.
Today is the best time to write your book because today is what we have. Yesterday has passed, and we cannot do anything about it. Tomorrow is not certain, you might get busy. Today is the only day we have. I dreamt of writing a
People who do not take accountability for their results have excuses. The mistakes are often not theirs. Someone else made a mistake. Or something is lacking. Or that the stars were misaligned.
Today, I can choose a wait-and-see attitude. That means I can choose to watch Netflix the whole morning, then check my emails to find out if there are inquiries for leadership training.