Author: Bob Riding

Expect poor treatment When you are moving fast, when you are breaking barriers and gaining ground, expect poor treatment and abuse from the entrenched.  Expect everything from indifference to outright sabotage. When you move up, you become a threat to those already there.  You threaten the fragile psyche of those desperately clinging to the ground…

Inspiration is for amateurs The pros show up and get to work. Possibilities show up when you start. Do your work. Do it well. Then let go.  Avoid so tightly clinging to what you’re doing that you miss bumping into new possibilities and fail to ride the momentum you’re gaining. Don’t wait for inspiration.  Get to…

It’s about time What does your ideal day look like?  How’s it shaping up today? Is clutter in the way?  Are priorities misaligned with where you want the day to go?  What time wasters are you feeding?  What needs to be jettisoned? Are you working your day?  Making progress? You drive time, or time drives…

Be accountable Don’t take the “it wasn’t my fault” road tour.   You know the familiar mantra: It wasn’t me, it was really you (or someone else). Blame and excuses never solve a problem.  They are never the path forward.  Blame and excuses never reveal or cultivate the greater person you are inside, or can become.…

Get out of your own head Quit feasting on you own thoughts.   Quit replaying the past and the future. When you’re stuck in your own head, you’re not present in the moment; you’re not listening, or paying attention to what’s going on around you.  You’re not creating deeper connections. You’re focused on your inner game…

Put in the time If you’re not putting in the time to get what you want, know that someone, somewhere is.  And when you meet, they will win. Putting in the time defines the difference between the professional and the dilettante.   Professionals stay focused on what they want.  Professionals practice and prepare to get it. …