No matter what you are working on, when you will complete it comes down to two definitions of duration. How long it will take to complete the work? How long will it take to deliver the work? The work itself might not take very long, but if you have to have x number of meetings, wait for testing, work through problems that are out of your control (but you know you’ll have to work with),…
Approach everything that way. Cool – no need to get hot under the collar, whatever happens, happens, accept, and figure out a way to move forward. Calm – you can only move forward when you are calm because that is what your brain needs to be able to process a solution (when was the last time you came up with your best idea angry? Collected – Keep it all in check, bring all the ideas…
When we get stressed, we forget what it was that made us a success. We go back to what is easy, and what doesn’t require effort. We go back to the things that might have worked a long time ago but don’t work now. The only way to break through is to not rely on what you did before but to set a new default of what you are trying to get better at, what…
Oh yeah, completely wrong, you could have everything going wrong around you and still make something happen. But don’t confuse that with skill in execution, it’s all your practice, repetition, and focus that made something good happen at that moment where it was wrong and you pushed the needle in your favour.
You never know when the timing is right, it just happens. The more you practice, the better your timing gets (hence the same 1,000 kicks vs 1,000 different kicks). Timing is about repetition practice and most importantly focus. The more focused you are, the better you are at getting to your end goal (whatever that might be). But without those things, the timing will never be right – because we never know when it actually…