⚒️ TREE 289: How to keep going through the long middle

One.

How do you do hard things?

You have an idea.
You have part of a plan.
You’ve taken the first steps.
But how do you make sure
you get up and get going
during the long middle?
When you are at sea
and you can’t see
the safe harbour you left
or the destination you seek
how do you keep going?

Get a boss.

A boss could be
your schedule,
a deadline,
your audience,
a friend
who takes no bullshit,
an actual boss.

It doesn’t matter who
or what your boss is.
What matters is that
it is strong enough
to get you working
when you feel
underinspired.

Two.

Hubert Hubertson-Hewingham III is taking big steps.

Three.

This is…

The good news is that once you get to work the inspiration usually shows up. When it doesn’t, you’ve still done the work and made some progress.

Keep going
Jeff