Tag: faith

Once you start…

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Philip Dodson #NewWorldProject

Once you start something, especially if you make a public announcement about it, you feel the pressure to keep it going, you also fear the ridicule of stopping and having to admit that it was a failure.

Like most things, there is a temptation to pick the easy ‘wins’ the ‘low hanging fruit’ and once you had those wins and picked the fruit that is in easy reach, then you face the hard stuff.

This is the real test of your faith, even though you’ve publicly stated that you are going to do a certain thing, you get faced with the hard work, the things that will really test your bravery, it will test you to see just how vulnerable you are prepared to be.

However, the more it feels uncomfortable, the more you feel the vulnerability and the desire to hide, then the more likely what you are doing is the right thing to do.

The more you challenge yourself to create the best you are capable of, your most rebellious work, your most daring ideas. Then the more our ‘chimp’ limbic brain will act up – good. That means you’ve hit the jackpot and if you haven’t got that feeling, then it’s not worth doing.

So once you start to feel the willingness to hide away and not do, then it is the best time to get that thing started.

Keep going whatever ‘shit’ comes your way

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One thing life has taught me and it’s often the difference between success and failure – is to keep going.

If you’ve got a plan, then stick to it, sure modify and adapt it according to experiences and lessons learned. But stick to it and ignore the people who will always knock it and keep your faith.

All too often we allow others to derail our plans and we allow their negativity to start to create doubt.

Nothing is ever achieved immediately in life and the best things evolve and get shaped by experiences and time. However, absolutely nothing is ever achieved by giving up when the going gets tough. Life and business is not a sprint but a marathon, a series of small steps done well, whatever gets thrown at you.

In life, whether personal or business, there will be ‘shit’ that comes our way and how we deal with this will define us. As long as it doesn’t involve the life & death of people, then no point in worrying about it. Initial reactions sometimes is ‘it’s too hard’ or ‘I give up’ or ‘had enough’ and so on.

Essentially everything has a solution and today’s headline challenges and problems will soon be yesterdays news. Break down the situation in to manageable chunks and work on it step by step, with a determination that, whatever it is, is not going to defeat you.

Success comes in many forms and it is a personal thing, not about the title on business card, the size of your house or how much money you have.

But every person I have viewed as success, according to my set of values, has had one thing in common, determination to succeed whatever the odds and whatever comes their way.

They see challenges as an opportunity to learn and a step to move closer to their dreams.

Just KEEP GOING and believe in YOU.