Could it be that the that thing you are least interested in doing is the most important thing you could be doing?
Meet the challenge.
Overcome the fear.
Success is probably summed up best in being defined as the road less traveled.
Don’t go to work just to avoid it.
The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.
-Colin Wilson, British Author
Stop.
Stop with complaining.
Stop with the coveting.
Stop believing you do not have a choice.
Stop thinking that someone else is responsible for your current course.
Stop accepting decent.
Rather, start.
Start something.
Start the pursuit of extraordinary in all things.
Start to dream.
Start to DO.
This thing is on you and your partnership with The Muse.
In-lieu of conforming start thinking differently. Sounds cliché, but give it whirl.
A mentor from afar of mine, Donald Miller, (that’s one who has written things that I’ve read and listened to, not one who actually has physically mentored me) once said: “You will either write your own story, or someone else will.”
I think the same goes for our music. We either will write it for ourselves or adopt the waltz of another’s noise.
#LTMP
One does not accumulate but eliminate.
It is not the daily increase but daily decrease.
The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.
-Bruce Lee
Knowing where and what to subtract is the art of those who are most progressive.
And yes, I just quoted Bruce Lee.
#LTMP
Q: Why am I here?
A: _________________________
Q What are my goals?
A: _________________________
Q: Where am I going?
A: _________________________
Q: What keeps me up at night?
A: _________________________
Q: What is my story?
A:__________________________
Q: What is my music?
A:__________________________
Not enough of us are brave enough to ask these questions – and even less of us are brave enough to find the answers.
Want to dent the world? Start asking questions.
Want to change the world? Start finding and creating answers.
Sure you can slow up a bit today. It’s Friday, right?
The problem is this temporary pause will only lead you to needing a jump-start 72 hours from now on Monday.
Put another log on the fire.
Ashton.Gustafson 