Keeping up is okay. Keeping up with the person in front of you will get you past that person. Keeping up with the next group of people might push you further than you’ve gone. But when are you going to overtake them? When are you going to take the next step to go past them? And more importantly, what will it take?
This was the phrase you heard growing up – “Get to the Big Leagues”. The Big Leagues is where things are serious. When you get there, you will have arrived and this was in no way better mirrored than with sports teams. Oddly enough, Sports teams are one of the last Bastions where a final endpoint exists, everywhere else, the role, the job, the task, the game is constantly changing and shifting. Having to learn…
No one is watching. Just Start. Doesn’t matter if it’s a mess. Just Start. Does it seem daunting? Just Start. Not sure where to Start? Just Start. Now, is the best day, above all days, to get started – you have no calls, no meetings, no nothing. So just, start.
So you didn’t get everything done. And some things you started, stopped, started again, but couldn’t find the magic mix. You carried that throughout the year and it became worst this month as you looked back on things. Great, now, the year is over, write it all down on a piece of paper, ball it up and throw it out. That’s a wrap and in less than 24 hours you get to make a real…
If you’re going to put in the effort to make something better, to fix a problem, to build something new, to write a book. Don’t do it halfway. Don’t compromise. If you’re going to do it, make it worth the outcome you put into it. Make it worth every second so when you look back you know the value of what you did. Don’t confuse the success with sales, the success is the accomplishment.