“You know, no one’s really that great. You know who’s great? The people that just put a tremendous amount of hours into it. It’s a game of tonnage—how many hours are you going to work? Per week? Per month? Per year?…[If I could do it over] What I really should have done is I should have had a giant flag behind me, and when I pulled a string, it would roll down, and on the flag, it would just say two words: Just work.” -Jerry Seinfeld
“The secret of happiness is not to do what you like to do, but to learn to like what you have to do.” -King George V
“Every habit and capability is confirmed and grows in its corresponding actions, walking by walking, and running by running . . . therefore, if you want to do something make a habit of it, if you don’t want to do that, don’t, but make a habit of something else instead. The same principle is at work in our state of mind. When you get angry, you’ve not only experienced that evil, but you’ve also reinforced a bad habit, adding fuel to the fire…If you don’t wish to be a hot-head, don’t feed your habit. Try as a first step to remain calm and count the days you haven’t been angry. I used to be angry every day, now every other day, then every third or fourth . . . if you make it as far as 30 days, thank God! For habit is first weakened and then obliterated. When you can say ‘I didn’t lose my temper today, or the next day, or for three or four months, but kept my cool under provocation,’ you will know you are in better health.” -Epictetus, Discourses
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.” -Bruce Lee
You’ve probably heard some variation of the old adage that the majority of success in life comes from just showing up.
(I would also add knowing your definition of success. Figuring out exactly what you want and why you want it, but that’s a different blog post.)
So, just show up.
Sound too easy?
Okay, give it a try.
Just show up.
And then keep showing up.
Every.
Single.
Day.
Especially when you don’t feel like showing up.
One week.
One month.
One year.
No missed days. (If you miss, just don’t miss again.)
Challenge accepted?
I look forward to hearing back.
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