Tag: success

Start on what matters right now

Posted on by philipdodson

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If something really matters at a moment in our lives, then we will always find the motivation, the time, the effort and the focus to get it done once we have overcome our fears, which gets easier the more we practice.

The excuses come when something really does not matter, certainly as much as we sometimes profess it to matter or feel pressured to say that it’s important.

We aren’t born with knowing what is the most important thing and rarely is there a single reason for our existence. However, unless we try different things, unless we give something a go, we will never know if it works or not, we will never learn and evolve to our best potential.

Once we start out on pursuing our dreams, we learn sometimes that this was not for us, not the thing that mattered as much as we thought.That’s OK, we are allowed to change our minds.

What is a great shame is if we never set out on things that matter at that moment, do not take that current burning desire, as we will never evolve, we will never get the chance to discover something magical that just might be our thing in life.

Rarely do our priorities, interests, inspirations remain constant for a lifetime, they change, evolve, and get better, however, only if we start on what matters to us right now.

Don’t remain stuck regretting what might have been and don’t miss that opportunity to open pathways to greater things, you have to try to know what’s next.

Squirrels

Posted on by philipdodson

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Often in life, like squirrels with nuts, we accumulate all kinds of physical or virtual things. The difference between us and the squirrels is squirrels collect nuts to eat to survive.

We collect stuff often without thought as to why we collect it.

I had for example collected over 900 connections on LinkedIn, quite a small network compared to pro-squirrels, who may have amassed 1,000’s of connections.

We had accumulated at home, randomly, more plates, cups, glasses, cutlery and stuff than we could need for many families or lifetimes.

We need to consume or do something with all the needless stuff we have accumulated.

For example, I am now reaching out personally to every one of 900 people on LinkedIn that I am connected to, simply to see if there is something we maybe able to help each other with. No sales pitch, no future invoice in mind, just connecting with another human because I can and who knows where it might lead.

At home, we are reducing everything to what we actually need and giving away what we do not need.

There are many more examples you could all find in your own lives where you have simply accumulated something and not to stopped to question why.

Removing physical clutter feels great and so does removing mental clutter too.

Use things, gather only what you need and don’t be a squirrel unless you like nuts and living in a tree.