Sometimes the success you perceive to be good can be a little misleading. Things may be going well short-term but in the overall scheme of things, you might just be spinning your wheels. Several small successes don't really add up to one big prize. Tiny little successes get you through each day but cumulatively, they don't really amount to much more than a small sample of self justification that the day was not a total waste.
How many times have you woke up hoping you're gonna do a little better than the previous day, just to do the same or worse? We're an optimistic, hopeful breed. There's really nothing we can't overcome or improve on. At least that's what we've been led to believe.
I've always felt there was something great out there for me. Something to prove to myself that the time I've spent learning, improving and trying to master my skill would show something really spectacular.
It's a real burden.
How many times have you been fully prepared to take on the challenge ahead of you just to fall flat on your ass? It happens. Just because you've been programmed that study and discipline are keys to success, it's not always the case. And that is why success is so difficult to attain and maintain.
If it was easy, everyone would prosper and succeed. This makes us somewhat masochistic, no? Continuously banging our heads against the wall expecting different results, a sense of insanity.
The game doesn't change, only you can.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
the game doesn't change, only you can
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Perseverance has always been my credo. forge ahead. Keep it going. But that often gets misunderstood as keep doing the same thing. All it relates to is striving towards your goals in whichever way it takes to get it done. Not literally keep doing the same thing until you get it right.
No one ever promised success either. And if you are going about it the right way, the journey itself ultimately provides that feeling, and proof of success.
For if you do approach it that way, event success will happen during that journey. The journey shouldn't end until you're buried, or spread across some ocean.
It's a real burden. Very true most of the time.
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