The pressure to do better

We are all capable at our own unique thing.

We are all doing well or at least at the level that we are at now and choose to be at.

Yes, we could all do even better, and who is to say that doing better matters?

It’s just a question of whether we want to or not.

If you are happy at your current level of doing something, then stay there and be happy.

If you want to be even better, we have to show up and do the work to get to the level we want.

However, there never is a right or wrong level to be at and we could choose to simply be happy where we are and ignore other people’s view of where we should be.

After all, it is all very subjective and often the levels we continually chase are set by others to ensure we comply and keep working to their ‘levels’ or ‘grades’.

There is so much more to life than constantly being dissatisfied with the level we are currently at.

The gun to the head

We all have this feeling that we do our best stuff under pressure with a gun to our head.

To some extent there is truth in this, we do need deadlines to keep us focused.

However, rushed work is never going to be our best work.

The best work takes time, patience and being able to spend time concentrated on that one piece of work and that one bit of work only. That means shutting ourselves off, preparing and being able to work deeply.

We can not work deeply with a gun to our head.