“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.” -Jim Collins, book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t
“Spend less time trying to find motivation and more time making good habits the path of least resistance.” -James Clear
“For a man walking a thousand miles it is absolutely necessary to set aside his final goal and to say to himself each morning: ‘Today I will walk twenty-five miles to a resting place and sleep,’ and during each day’s journey reaching that resting place eclipses his ultimate goal and becomes his sole focus.” -Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
To be great, you just need to be pretty good. Every single day. Over and over again. For an inordinately long period of time.
True greatness lies in your ability to just show up no matter what, without fail, especially on the days you don’t feel like it.
Not as easy as it sounds. Yet also easy if you love the thing you’re trying to be great at.
