Tag: progress
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What’s holding you back?
“Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There is nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.” – William James Procrastination is based on fear and ignorance. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of confronting your reality. Ignorance of how to connect a task or decision to a desired outcome – to prioritize, to break down the…
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Delayed gratification and happiness
“High performers delay gratification, but not happiness.” – Bob Riding, Design happiness A very successful friend of mine has talked to me at length about delayed gratification. I find hope in the recognition of similarities in our approach to life. There is something deeply satisfying, undeniably exciting about working for a better future, about knowing…
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It’s Never Too Late
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope…
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Evolve
“…no one comes up from the basement playing perfectly.” – David Byrne, musician, artist Mastery is a process, not an event. It’s about day-in and day-out efforts – the practice, the honing of knowledge and skills, the trials, errors, and eventually getting it right. You have to start – somewhere, somehow – to reach that…