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…
Otherwise, they never go anywhere. They stay on the ground, hoping to become something else, but they never go anywhere. Someone needs to pick it up, run with it, and hold onto it when the going gets rough – because that’s when it needs to be held onto the most.
All work has a base and from there we customize it. We find what we like and we seek to tweak it. There are so many TikToks, Reels, etc, that walk all of this and show base products being customized to fit your needs. It’s not about IF your product is going to be customized, it’s WHEN it’s going to be customized so you might as well start building it to be extended.