Use Friction to Your Advantage
People are not inclined to do anything if there is friction - additional time, distance or effort is required. This is why we often procrastinate or don’t accomplish goals. However, while friction often works against us, we can use it to our advantage. Here’s how.
Embrace the Process, Not the Outcome
We all love the easy victory. The quick solution. Yet, sustainable success comes from investing in the process, not the product.
Grit or Quit?
You can’t succeed at anything unless you stick to it. You do need grit. But you also need to know when to quit.
More is Not More
Don’t continue to add more options and choice. Home in, fine tune, and create excellence.
Rethinking Success
Rethink traditional measures of success. Instead, aim for incremental growth - being a little bit better than the previous day, week, or year.
Goal Setting for 2023
Let go of traditional goal setting in 2023. Instead, adopt a yogic philosophy - give 100% to whatever task you’re doing but remain detached from the outcome. It may bring more enjoyment and balance to your life.
A Step in Another Direction
In a society where moving up the ladder and getting a promotion seems to be the ultimate goal, lateral moves are underestimated and undervalued. However, I would argue, they are even more important.
Do the Work
A great piece of advice from comedian & actor, Cameron Esposito. "There is no formula for success—you just begin and then you continue… Do the work. Over and over again, just do the work.”