The first step in any problem is identifying where you are. What is wrong? What do you have? What is broken? What happened? Why are we here? All these questions (and more) are not about solving the problem, not about figuring it out, not about brainstorming, not about fixing it. The first step in solving any problem is making sure you understand the problem.
Try a new thing it fails. Start again it fails. Start again and again it fails. When we try to reform habits we always want to “Get it Right” this time and we “know more” than we did before so push ourselves harder, we institute more constraints, we push ourselves to do more and more hoping that the clicking moment will happen this time for sure. The first step in any habit is showing up…
Sure, things change daily, no two days are alike. But if your job is changing daily, constantly, ever hour, every day, every week . If all this change is happening with no explaination, no reason – then this is a cover for not knowing why it’s changing, where it’s changing, who’s causing the change and what the justification for it is. Change is good, it’s great, but if you don’t know why, it’s bad.
It might not be perfect, you might not be ready, and you might have missed your preparation window. But it’s still your return, don’t waste on what coulda, woulda, shoulda been. Jump in and make it yours.
You are here. That is it, right now you are here. You want to get to some other point, over there. I could draw it out, but everyone’s drawing would be different – “you are here, you want to get to there (maybe you even need to)”. Do you know the steps to take to get there? Do you know what has to be done to get there? Are you willing to invest in each…