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RE: Passion, effort and the right attitude

in Outdoors and more • 4 years ago

Woooow.....Amazing, do i approach you as Father of guns?😂Because the sight of those guns wanna make me handle one now even though i don't have the experience of shooting.
I like your idea of being multi-faceted, its just like me,i like many musical instrument and that has enabled me have a knowledge of many of them.But i have this challenge, in the process of sticking and learning a new skill,i tend not to balance the rest i've known before. So lemme ask you,how do you balance all the skills making sure you are still the best at whatever you do?

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 4 years ago  

This is a really good question. Balance.

I'll be honest, sometimes I don't balance things so well delving far too deeply into one area st times; My shooting, writing here on hive, building Lego, work, playing the piano for instance. Not always, but sometimes I fall down the hole so to speak.

I don't neglect the other things, just exclude them. Let me explain.

I throw 100% into what I am doing, am 100% present in that moment, focused. I set goals, targets and deadlines which I stick to. So, I could be 100% focused on shooting but when that time lapses I move on. Of course it's not all completely rigid from a time perspective. It's the same at work. When there I am focused.

I think setting goals, achievable ones, is important, breaking down tasks and prioritising too.

I fit a lot of things into my life and the importance of one over the other sways back and forth. The non-negotiable ones are my relationship and health though.

Understanding the why, the reason I choose to do each thing, motivates and keeps me on track, and my nature, desire to be the best I can be at a thing, helps me focus on pushing forward the best I can.

I hope this helps. Ask any questions you may have, any time. 😊

Yea. It really help,i like the part of one setting achievable goals,breaking one's task down and prioritising in whatever aspect one is delving into.Thumbs up man

 4 years ago  

Thank you and you're welcome. I'm always happy to hear from people who ask great, intelligent questions like yours, so drop in anytime.

Thank you so much. Please I'll like to see you follow up my post too, so that i'll be encouraged to do more.Thank you.

 4 years ago  

You need to be able to be self-motivated and encourage yourself here. If you only gain encouragement by achieving followers you will fail fast. I have been around here for 3 years and in that time I have never once asked for someone to follow me; It is not considered the done thing.

People will look at your posts either organically or will investigate your posts due to the engagement you show and the relationship you build, it is that simple. People will not do so because you ask them.

There are no short cuts, a user must do the work, out in the effort and the rewards will come. Just like in life.

Woooow.....its just discouraging at times. But i will see to it that i put more effort. Thank you so much.

 4 years ago  

You need to put more effort into engagement. Engagement on other people's posts. It's the only way. If you get discouraged then you need to either change the things on which you place your importance here, or leave and do something else. There's no free rides here, and it's not a get rich scheme.