Tag: hard work

Show up

Posted on by philipdodson

If you ever feel like life is dealing you a bad hand or you’re not getting what you deserve, then stop and think, do I show up in my life? Or am I expecting others to show up and deliver things for me?

Do you perhaps tell yourself it is bad luck, or others are better?

If, hand on heart, you can answer ‘yes, I always show up’ then you won’t be feeling unlucky, or like you are being dealt a bum hand and life will be going well.

Showing up is the only way to create what you really want in life. That means matching your action with your thoughts or words. Staying true to your values wherever possible is a key component in showing up.

Stand up and put your hand ‘in the fire’, not in some macho way, but be true to yourself, deliver what you say inside your head and keep going, keep showing up no matter how hard it is.

A major part of success is about commitment and no letting yourself down, it is about being there when it is hard, when you don’t feel like it, and staying brave. It is about repetition and doing daily steps to keep your momentum going.

Showing up has a huge reward, like any habit, the more you do it, the easier it becomes, the results engender more confidence and there’s a massive feel good factor that encourages more action.

So when we feel like not going, not doing, not taking action, remember that if you don’t show up in your life, then you end your momentum, you destroy your credibility with others and more importantly with yourself.

It is always harder to start something than it is to keep it going. The longer you keep it going the more the habit becomes ingrained and will become routine and easy.

Show up for yourself, we owe it to ourselves.

At some point everything becomes a grind

Posted on by philipdodson

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No matter what you are doing, at some point in that process, it becomes a grind.

A job becomes routine, the gym turns into a chore, cooking becomes boring, the same commute is dull and so on.

There are three things to consider.

One, spice things up a little, go to the gym at a different time of day or change the routine, go to work via a different route, cook something new or go out a little more. These essential tweaks help keep everything fresh for a while but they will not last.

The second thing, sometimes we have to just dig in, brave the grind, things often seem like a grind when we are struggling with the job or thing we are currently doing. So we have to tough it out for while, remind ourselves of our longer term goals and realise it takes hard work and commitment to get things done and reap the rewards.

Sometimes, just by looking at why we do things and re-inspiring ourselves, we can lift the gloom, ease the grind.

The third thing, we can give up and do something different. Sounds enticing, relieves the grind, we get the escape. However, the new thing you do will have a grind at some point.

We can not always keep doing something new, giving up, we have to dig in sometimes. When you do and you get through that tough period, there is often something better at the end, and the learning is invaluable for the ongoing journey of life.

Be patient, don’t give, dig in and stay determined to reach those goals. Re-inspire yourself with your long-term vision.

There will always be a grind at some stage, it’s how we choose to react that matters.