Excellence comes from repeating the same thing over and over. It isn't motivation that makes you great. It's repeating the same thing everyday.
It's those who draw everyday consistenly, even when they don't feel like it or even when they feel absolutely horrible, who become masters in their discipline. Those that know that succes is just a daily routine will achieve it.
Nowadays we live in a fast and connected world. By a click of a button we are able to see great artworks, photo's, literature, amazing dance moves from around the world. What we fail to see is the years of repetitive work that's required to be able to perform these things. We only see the tip of the iceberg. When we try to become good at something ourselves we fail. We expect improvement and succes to arise far faster than realisticly possible. We compare ourselves to those great artists, see that the difference in what we aspire to be is so incomprehensibly large and thus quit. We fail to see the years of repetitive boring work that is required to reach that level of mastery.
By accepting succes is just a routine, we set aside the unrealistic expectations and simply perform our tasks each day. This makes our goal tangible. We can tick of the boxes each day. We now know that simply by performing each day we come closer to where we want to be.
You need te understand that becomming a master at something is utterly BORING and REPETITIVE. It may at times even be PAINFULL. But IT'S WORTH THE SUCCES!
Jerimiah
Great post!. All skills require time committed to learning them. A daily routine is great because it 'forces' participation. The hardest part is starting and maintaining through the first learning curve, after that, success builds on itself.
Nicely said! Though first learning curve is mostly the fastest. Most people tend to get enough motivation from the first few weeks of learning something since they can see the improvement weekly or even daily. The hard part comes when you can't see your improvement.
The solution is to write a physical goal down such as: write everyday and complete 200 pages in a month.
Now you have a tangible goal. The only goal you have to focus on is reaching those 200 pages. You don't have to focus on improving and you don't have to compare yourself to others.
What I experience is that this makes the proces much more fun and rewarding, since you create these short term milestones.
Great post, which I can relate!
Thanks!!
Good post, and you are right, repeating is a major factor. It all start in the mind. You and I just a lump of thoughts and habits. Life throws thousands of thoughts into our minds daily. We can’t control our thoughts but we can control which thought to dwell in our minds and for how long. Slowly but surely becomes a habit. Some habits are easier to establish than others. And habits attract more similar habits to become thyme of habits.