How do you know when enough is enough? When what you’re aiming to get has been achieved? When you can now be grateful for what you’ve got? We’re all aspiring to better ourselves and inevitably that leads to bettering ourselves in terms of tangibles too. … Continue reading When is enough, enough?
When you get to a stage where you are able to automatically achieve optimal outcomes, does this create liberation or tedium?
Achieving to the extent of not having to think about the processes required to get to the desired result, demonstrates a mastering of your craft.
But does it feel liberating to no longer have to think about things? Or is it instead tedium-inducing that you are no longer being challenged mentally?
Firstly you have to appreciate that your increased efficiency has come from the dedication of time and effort to hone your craft. The mistakes and hours put in have led to this. Embrace the fact that you’ve mastered it!
But beyond that, realise that you risk stagnating.
We grow when we’re pushed outside of our comfort zones. Mastery leads to comfort. Comfort leads to stagnation.
So what’s next?
Find the next level up and identify where growth can happen.
Reached the management level? What’s the next rung on the ladder?
Achieving X amount of sales? What’s the next scaling option?
Solved all of the problems in your field? Who needs the answers?
If you’ve grown to the limits of your bubble, burst it to create a bigger one!
Comfort gives us an ability to bask in the glory. The glory that comes from knowing that what is asked of us can be provided with ease. Use this skill to now pull others up.
But in doing so, don’t be left behind. Push yourself, especially when it feels that nobody else is doing so.
Push beyond the boundaries and force progress.
Are you sleepwalking through life, doing things as part of a routine without thought? Stuck in the drudgery of it all and seeing time pass without much merit? Let’s have a look at some causes and solutions. Things on autopilot It’s incredibly easy to get … Continue reading Sleepwalking Through Life
Today’s society is centred almost exclusively around self-promotion. Look at what I’ve done! Notice how great I am! Appreciate what I’m doing! But what happened to realising the value of helping others through sharing our strengths? It’s no longer deemed to be useful to be … Continue reading Throw The Rope Down
Today’s society promotes absolving yourself of responsibility; it’s within your choice to be different. When others are passing the buck, instead take full responsibility. Look around at any aspect of society, be it social media, the news or people in general and you’ll realise that … Continue reading Taking Responsibility
Grit your teeth and get on with it. Nobody is coming to save you. It’s the truth of it. Too often in today’s society everybody wants things sorted for them by anybody else. Easy outs for perceived difficult processes. Overnight solutions for their problems. What … Continue reading Resilience
Even as an avid reader of “self-help” literature, there’s nothing that beats lived experiences. You can read all of the advice and guidance and tips that are on the market, but unless you’re putting this into practice – it’s pointless. Being armed with all of … Continue reading Lived Experiences
We’ve all been there before, filling cracks in the walls where plaster has shifted. Fill and sand and paint. Rinse and repeat. Or better yet, throw some wallpaper over them to hide them completely. But how often do we think about why those same cracks … Continue reading Papering over the cracks
Pushing all of your chips into the middle can be one of the more frightening aspects of playing poker. Unless of course you’re confident that you’re onto a winner! So why do we find it so difficult to commit fully in life when we know … Continue reading Going ‘All In’
Accepting that it won’t happen overnight is the first step. Understanding that it has a chance to happen in the future is the second. Committing to the process is what begins the journey. There’s no beating the grind. The turning up and taking your lumps … Continue reading Compounding for Progress
What Next? 