I love this article on Lifehack; The Simplest Path to Success by Adrian Savage of Slow Leadership.
You don’t need a life plan. You don’t need motivation, self-confidence, peer support or even luck. All you need is the willingness to take the next most obvious step—then repeat the process again and again, regardless of how you feel. Try it. Happiness comes from seeing the results of your efforts. You don’t need it before you start.
A lot of times we think change has to happen in one huge bang (with accompanying fireworks and soundtrack), but self-improvement really comes down to the simplest actions done continously.
March 30th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
This sounds like something easy that we can all follow on a day to day basis. And i guess if i can’t speak for many people, then at least for myself, the dreamer. I always think of the 10 million things that needs to be done before i reach success, and i get really upset coz half the time, there is this little voice at the back of my head that tells me, its close to impossible to get there.
So with you next obvious step thing, i’m definately going to give it a shot and see how it works out. Thanks
FYI: This blog really lifts my spirit up each time i read it. Coz it really does have a very uplifting energy. Just like how i feel when i go back to coach. Great job!
March 31st, 2006 at 12:37 am
For me I sometimes feel like I need to be perfect first before I can do anything, like I have to be in tip-top shape, feel great, be great, have all my doubts sorted out before I can do something. And that I need to have some Grand Master Plan that I must follow or I’ll be doomed to eternal failure and ridicule.
Which is quite BS, of course
Which is why I love the message of this article so much. It’s something I can resonate with and feel really inspired by. Sometimes there’s no need for a Grand Master Plan, just take the next better step and roll with it. There’s no need to be absolutely perfect, just take the next action and do my best.
Wonderful stuff (I wish I’d written it :P)
P.S. Thanks for the praise, Jes! I’m glad
It’s your kind of feedback that lets me know all this work is worth it.
April 1st, 2006 at 2:01 pm
hey,can u please tell me how to overcome deppression that comes when you think that you have not done your job good enough to thesatisfaction of your superiors at work??
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:38 am
Hi Krishna,
That’s a pretty tall order, since I don’t know anything about you or your situation
I guess what I can say is what I read from your comment. ‘Depression that comes when *you* think that *you* have not done your job good enough’. The cause of it all still boils down to you.
Perhaps the question isn’t how to overcome depression when you think that you haven’t done your job good enough then.
Maybe the question is: what could you begin to do differently that could help you do a job that you think is good enough to satisfy you and your employers at the same time?
What would your answer to that be?