Success today and everyday
I think that if you haven't done anything to be successful with your online business everyday then you are doing things to be unsuccessful. They both take the about the same amount of energy.
This week I have not been so productive. I have some very legitimate excuses and if you heard them I know you would agree with me.
Like everyone else I have tragic things happen, accidents, missed opportunities and reasons for failing.
Let me tell you about failing. Failing is only about not doing what you should be doing on a daily basis. With that in mind if you are doing what you should be doing you can't fail.
I have had 3 x 4 day weekends and didn't achieve what I set out for myself. So I had one of the many stiff talks that I have to myself.
This week I was hoping to have done 3 x 7 kilometre runs. I almost didn't have one!
I have managed to talk myself out of running on four occasions - Wednesday morning and evening, also Thursday morning and evening. So this morning I was talking to myself and losing quite spectacularly.
It was obvious I was not going to go for a run. It was so cold that my shoulder which for some reason was not being covered by my bed blankets was freezing and it took me half an hour to get it warm again.
I am not sure what happened next but I was outside in my running gear walking to the Bay. The wind was like ice knives slicing through me. I had to put my hands in these flimsy track pant pockets to try and keep them warm.
This is nuts! But about half way round the icy wind bounced off me like bullets off of Superman but I know that after the run I still had the 1 kilometre walk home and the wind won't be bouncing off me, it will be cutting right through me.
The point of all this?
If you are not doing something every day towards your success then you are doing something every day towards your failure.
The hardest part to accept is we always have a choice. That cigarette that supposedly makes you feel less stressed (that's an illusion) could be replaced with a carrot stick - Bugs Bunny looks very cool with carrots, lol !
Every bad habit can be replaced with a good habit. Problem is...bad habits are usually easier and require less effort but the results certainly show in every aspect of our lives.
What habit are you replacing today?
Have fun folks, just a rant today about nothing in particular.
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So true Michael, there are some days I don't achieve everything I set out to do, but I make sure I have at least one achievement every day - no matter how small it is.
Here's hoping next week will be a better one for you :-)
You're right Michael, bad habits are just too easy to fall into the trap with and they reflect who we are; to replace them with good habits does require a bit of work on our half.
Oh Michael, I have really missed your soapbox, so glad you took it out for an airing today! It was about time someone gave me the proverbial kick in the pants, I have been way too lax recently. Again, stuff away from here, but really no excuse. Well done battling the 'iceknives'... maybe superman shorts over your trackpants next time! Sue :)
Thank you, Sue, you are such a sweetie and I always appreciate your comments.
I wonder if Superman will lend me his shorts? LOL !
Haha! Perhaps you can wear them for your 1 year running anniversary party in September! There will be a party?? Sue :)
michael - thanks for the post
i think you sum it up in your last paragraph, bad habits are easy
working is hard until you find what you are meant to do then it becomes easy.
keep on running
phil
Always good to have a rant, Michael it can be a worry, I kind of rolll with the flow to be adaptable, so easy to get sidetracked lol. doing something is better than doing nothing, always.
You know after you run regularly, long enough, it is harder not to run than to avoid it - takes some time to get there. Very much like any task you need to do! - like working of your website.
Keep at it - the running - the end result is much better than avoidance. And you know you can do it - sometimes you just don't.
Keep at it!
It's a good rant Michael and a reminder to me that taking time out is not profitable in any shape or form!
I hope your weeks ahead prove to be much better than this one was.
We all take time out but the key is something good each day, big or small, it doesn't matter which.
What's important is that you got that run done, despite the icy cold. And you are back. Kudos.
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Actually a great rant. I dare say all of us are in the same situation. I can't tell you how many times the day slipped by without moving forward on my internet business. Your rant puts it all into perspective. Thanks.
Thanks, Gary.