Despite

I recently had one of these. For the longest time I tried to correct my thinking. I wanted to turn my negative thoughts into positive. My self doubt into confidence, my fear into fearlessness. Then it came..

The self doubt, fear and thoughts were all just a massive security blanket of excuses. Excuses are like massive vats of alcohol full of empty calories and packed with a lot of regret.

Create despite the fear.

Build despite the doubt.

Inspire despite the lack of confidence.

Being a brilliant artist or innovator is not a package you can install into your personality, it is the everyday decisions. I am quickly realizing that one’s potential to achieving greatness comes in the simple little choices we make everyday.

The choice to go to bed before 3am,

The choice to put that donut down

The choice to open your mailbox and hit send.

The closest thing I can think of what I am trying to tell you here is the same thing I go through when I run. The first 20 minutes of a run your body and your mind are screaming for you to stop. “what the hell are you crazy… no one is chasing you.. stop it. just stop it!”. But you don’t stop.. you put one foot in front of the other.. and you know what you get stronger, you get faster.

So stop looking for all the answers.. just do. Just do it in spite of yourself and you will find ‘you have reached your destination!’