#0760 Reality Bites
The best ideas in the world changethe moment you start building. They were never wrong. They just hadn’t met reality yet.
The best ideas in the world changethe moment you start building. They were never wrong. They just hadn’t met reality yet.
The last minute is interesting. Suddenly there is focus. The distractions disappear.The work gets done. If only it didn’t take a deadline to create it.
Mates.Colleagues.Customers. Different labels. Trust.Respect.Banter. The thread holding them together is simpler. You care enough to go the extra mile.
Trying and failing is not the end of the world. Most things can be fixed.Rebuilt.Attempted again. Few things are finite, yet we fear the attempt. Regret is heavier.
When you focus on what matters, everything else disappears. The same happens when you focus on what doesn’t.
Early success does not guarantee future success. The world moves.Markets evolve.People change. What once made you relevantcan quietly make you invisible.
Yesterday didn’t go to plan.If today I repeat it. Tomorrow will look familiar.
It is easy to justify time spent.Harder to quantify outcome. Time gets defended.Results get explained away.
Looking back I’ve had a few of these. A seemingly innocent moment where the trajectory of your life changes. Decisions that shift your story. These do not have to be by chance, you have the…
We’d never have rivers if water gave up when an obstacle felt too big. The light bulb, the plane and countless other innovations, all exist because they found a way. Nothing amazing happens in a…
If there was no 9-5 and you could work whenever you wanted, would more or less work get done? My guess is, for the vast majority it would be less. Discipline is more often mandated…
Your intention is being hijacked by your attention. What you allow to fill your day may be robbing you of your dream outcomes. You may be busy, but what exactly is taking up your time….
If you have too many nothing will get finished. Big goals break into projects, which in turn break into many tasks. The more big goals you have, the more the tasks compound into never ending…
It takes years to become an overnight success. Grinding, experimenting, failing, hitting lows, picking yourself up, going again. Not much in this world comes without effort. How much patience, resilience, self awareness and self forgiveness…
Demand is not about your revenue goals for this month, that’s a consequence. Demand is the alignment of what your clients need, when they need it, based off what you can do for them at…
You are too shallow. Ticking the box is great, but stopping there just makes you busy. Getting the task done feels like an achievement but to go from good to great you must go deeper….
They really do go faster. As each year ticks over it is easy to look back with achievement, regret, elation, sadness, fear or optimism, maybe a combination. Whichever emotion dominates use it as fuel to…
Mind your own damn business. Funnel that energy into self, family, friends and your livelihood. The world would be a different place.
How did I end up here. You’re free styling in a conversation with a friend about housing prices and end up talking about the extinction of the Dodo. Without direction or purpose the number of…
A small amount every day adds up. Chipping away at smaller doable tasks today compounds into achieving bigger goals in the future. Consistency is the key to making things happen in a timeframe that feels…