The First Thing You Should Do Everyday To Be Successful
The skills you need will come with time and effort.What's more important is your attitude, your aptitude, and what you believe in.
These things can be said as these questions:
- How will you react when things go terribly wrong?
- What are you capable of?
- What will motivate you intrinsically?
2 Minute Action
It's basically never a bad idea to be in a positive mindset.Take 2 minutes to think of all the reasons you will excel, today.Now think about the thing you least want to do.Do that first.
How To Finally Understand Motivation and Make It Work
There’s something special about the blank page. Pure possibility. And even more important: it’s what’s behind the page.
That’s the promise you made to fill it.
Whether your blank page is a computer terminal, a squat rack, or a sales call, it’s just as big of a promise.
The only trouble is that it’s never like it is in the movies.
It’s unsexy. There’s no montage. There’s no theme music. There’s no audience cheering you on.
It’s just you and your commitment.
It’s just the raw reality of what it takes. You have to stir up the motivation in yourself. You have to remind yourself why you’re doing it—because no one else is going to do it for you. It’s up to you to evaluate and crush your own excuses.
Every day.
Even though you don’t get any credit, today. Even though you don’t get any recognition, today. Even though you don’t get any return on investment, today. That’s the way the path goes.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Every day. No matter what.
2 Minute Action
What are you avoiding?I’ve said this before and that’s kind of the point. It’s not always going to be a new, shiny task or action item that shows up at your desk. Most of the time, it’s going to be the same, dull, boring task you don’t want to do. So, start with that. De-sensitize yourself to the dullness. Your compounding interest depends on it.
Is Being Obsessed A Good Thing?
It’s hard to make people productive or focused without appealing to their intrinsic motivation.Why would you treat yourself any differently?Follow your obsession.Doubling down on the work that you love can yield some powerful output over time.
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What are you obsessed with?What’s something you can’t stop thinking about?What’s something you can’t stop doing?If the answer is “nothing,” then a deeper dive is required.If you’d rather not, that’s fine, but you’re not allowed to complain at the end of your career that you didn’t do any of the things you wanted to do.