End of story.
(My mantra for the upcoming weeks - hopefully making me who I dream to be.)
Your m
“Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.”
- Douglas MacArthur, American five-star general and field marshal
One “Day”
One day I’ll find out why... my time is the night.
I’ll find out
... why 2 am still feels like evening while 2 pm seems to be morning to me...
... why I am awake in the middle of the night but tired whenever the alarm rings.
... why 2 hours of sleep seemed perfectly fine before I went to bed - and then reveals to be close to torture the next day...
... why the tv program is horrible at my prime time.
... why I cannot perceive that most of those hours won during my all-nighters are nothing but borrowed time´as I need to catch up with sleep now.
... why a few hours in the dark are more productive than double the amount during opening hours.
One day - or more likely one night I’ll find out...
Until I find an answer to all this - I simply stick to my nature and keep grinding in the dark.
Your m - to all the other owls out there.
"Whatever your goal in life,
the beginning is knowledge & experience
- or, briefly: WORK."
Henry Ford, yes THE Ford...
... the oldest news on the planet... I know. But still TRUE. And the foundation of every form of success.
Are you willing to invest, ready to pay your dues, gain experience, make mistakes, grind, hustle, work your butt of...?
The equation:
sweat, long hours, short nights, missed picnics, frustration, misery, pain and disappointment - for the chance of something worth all that.
Keep working.
The More - The More
How much a certain project means to you can be easily measured:
By the number of midnights, sunrises and Sunday afternoons you invested.
How?
If you still can count of them you are - not really into it. - not following through. - not all in.
Period. My personal take on this.
Your m
"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take."
Wayne Gretzky, NHL Hall of Famer
An entrepreneurial mindset summarized in one sentence.
Sad thought - isn’t it.
Enter an office of your choice and you might see countless “ironing boards” but only few “surfers”...
Don’t be that kind of board! Keep dreaming. Keep surfing.
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The parade
A couple of weeks ago someone asked me why I work the way I do...
Instantaneously a quote from Warren Buffet came to my mind: “[...] Business has the same effect as you watching a parade. As soon as the band marches down the road you find yourself on tip toes. Seconds later a everybody is on tip toes and you don’t see anything... [...]”
Message: If something is interesting or desirable - others are going after it as well. You have to put in a little bit more to “see well” - but be sure, many others will try to do the same...
As I like the analogy - let’s stick to the picture for one more second:
Let’s say the parade stands for work and business and the spectators on tip toes are your colleagues and rivals... all trying to get the best out of it (success, wealth, a good career,...).
In my personal opinion there are three possible ways to behave in that situation:
- Decide that the parade doesn't mean that much to you anyway. So you you leave and spend the day by the lake... - many people decide to do that.
- Push yourself through to the first row - using your elbows, stepping on toes and ignoring the people around you. Most so called “Alphas” tend to go for this choice.
- Finding a solution - ending up running to get a chair. Making the necessary creative and physical effort to succeed by using your personal approach.
I am a chair person. Knowing that I might be running for a latter soon... but also being confident about my way of getting to where I want to be.
Which option is yours?
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In a year from now...
… you will be the result of all the tiny decisions you take along the way.
Following this thought, all the hours, all the work, all your effort, all the tiny things you do in order to get there someday - it will all pay off.
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