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It’s ok to run out of steam

Posted on by philipdodson

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More than ever there is this pressure to be achieving goals, be busy all the time, and live life to the full.

Some days it’s OK to run out of steam and say ‘manana’ or other such phrases like ‘fu.. it’.

Why is it OK? Because we are a human,not a machine.

If we continue to push ourselves when we’re a bit frazzled, we lose our buzz, and then actually doing more ends up achieving a whole lot less.

Longer term, it’s more important to get to the point, where we organise ourselves more permanently to avoid running out of steam.

What I have learnt over my life is, that it is far better to do less than more. Most of our results come from focusing our efforts on the things that will make a big difference. Learn what they are and then do them.

Being busy is not a recipe for success. Success comes from finding out what matters and doing that, and that only. Positive procrastination, putting off, what is not going to make a difference, permanently.

Ask

Posted on by philipdodson

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We all have dreams and ambitions, things that are there, sometimes bubbling away under the surface.

We talk about them and we often sit day dreaming, imaging what that thing looks like, with a warm feeling inside and a buzz about it.

Then we realise that it seems a long way off, we realise that we haven’t started the process of creating it.

Then that good feeling turns to one of self-doubt.

The challenge often is we do not know where to start, we are overwhelmed by the elements that we have told ourselves that we can not do.

The answer is simple – ask.

Asking others is nowhere near as hard as we think, and others love to be asked their opinion.

If your dream or creation is inspiring enough and if you explain it to the right audience, then asking, will enlist the help of others, far more easily than you imagine right now sitting there thinking ‘how do I make this a reality’.

Do not let your dreams stay just a dream by not taking the opportunity to ask others for help.