My position is progress over perfection or haste for that matter. Inch by inch, step by step, brick by brick, it will get done. Paraphrasing a recent reading, we often want a quick solve through a few steps that will quickly fix us, when indeed, our transformation is often unseen and cannot be calculated. In order for that progress and transformation to happen, you must stay on the road!
Sometimes the work you might be doing may not feel glamorous, nor draw applause. However, take Joy in your “Why!” If you know “why” you are doing what you do, on purpose, keep it moving!
We can only share and invest in others that which we have deposited within ourselves.
Taking in a few pages of a good book each morning is a habit that I have come to enjoy. I’m finishing up two books now, Living in the Light: Money, Sex and Power by John Piper and Becoming by Michelle Obama. I have a stack of books to choose from next, but I’m always looking for recommendations!
What are you reading? Please share if you recommend it.
However, for those that struggle with this topic, here is a question that perhaps you can ask yourself, out loud, that might help.
Dreams are not given to committees and thus not everyone will approve of your dream. Similar to a new company and its founder, so must you be with your dream. Have a business start-up like attitude, savvy, tenacity and resolve to get it done.
However, for those that struggle with this topic, here is a question that perhaps you can ask yourself, out loud, that might help.
“If I knowingly must suppress a part of who I am, that I believe is key to my journey of becoming who I am created to be, in order to enter a particular environment, is that the right environment for me?”
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another. – Marquis de Condorcet
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. – Lyndon B. Johnson
Find comfort in committing to and fulfilling the promises you make to yourself. – James B. Rosseau, Sr.
They [children] don’t think about boundaries, precedents, solvency, market opportunity, or the business case. They think about what they enjoy doing or believe they would enjoy doing, and then do it. – James B. Rosseau, Sr.
