I would love to do [amazing thing] but [self-deprecating statement] and/or I don’t have the time,’
is the normal thing people say about the amazing things they want to do. A different, more effective thing to say is,
‘I would love to do [amazing thing], so today I will do this [small, possibly boring or hard-but-doable thing].’
To be able to say the second thing, all you need to do is imagine yourself doing the amazing thing and work backwards to the starting place.
Then you start
and you keep going
every day.
People do big amazing things by
consistently doing small the things that lead to amazing things
instead of doing something else.
An example:
Do you want to learn another language? Swap watching telly for doing language lessons. Three years later people are saying, ‘You speak Mandarin? Wow! That’s amazing.’
It is amazing, but it’s also the perfectly logical and predictable outcome of spending three years learning a language instead of watching telly.
Do the small consistent things that take you where you want to go. That’s how to be amazing.
Flying invisible cyclists are generally harmless but it’s still important to be aware of them.
Grow slowly
Jeff
Comparing what I do to amazing things others do, will frustrate the buhjeebers out of me, so I don’t. My measuring stick is on the inside. I am not competitive. I’m repetitive. I have to do my best over and over everyday. It is the best way I’ve found to grow slowly.