Will It Stick?
We start (and restart) a positive step forward with the intention that it will stay with us. How can we be sure it will?
We won’t. We never will. All we can do is begin.
I started a project again this past week. Something important. Something that matters… at least to me. One day, I hope it will be of value to others.
I’m the solitary traveler on this path. The bandwidth of accountability is quite narrow. I didn’t think I had the time to commit. I didn’t think I had the attention to focus. If it didn’t work, I thought that nobody would notice.
But I would notice. And for the past several months of put-off, I did notice.
So, I simply put the project in front of me and started. Again.
Methodically and every day, a few minutes typically turns into an hour, perhaps more. What matters is the first few minutes. What matters is showing up to start.
I remain a little haunted by the question, “What if I stop?” And perhaps, “What if I don’t do this well?” Both are possibilities. Both keep me a little restless.
Each day that I simply start deepens the likelihood that I will continue. The goal is not for the habit to become easier. The goal is to repeat the habit.
With gratitude,
Joe
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Hi, I’m Joe, the owner of 5 With Joe Performance Coaching. My clients are leaders, organizations, and teams who utilize my Olympic Gold Medal performance strategies and 40 years of navigating whitewater river rapids to streamline decision making and actions when engaged in complicated river currents of business and life.
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