I am lazy. Mentally and emotionally lazy.
Photo by Stas Svechnikov on Unsplash I am lazy. Mentally and emotionally lazy. I am used to being boring and comfortable. 95% of the time. (The other 5% of the time, I am the guy who does weird and outrageous stuff!) That makes me sort of “normal” I suppose. Well, 95% of the time. …
Are you refusing to be “average”…….?
Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash “Average” is like gravitational force. It’s everywhere, all the time. It’s like “status quo”, or doing today what we did yesterday , again and again. It drives most of us. It feels safe and comfortable to be average. All these mental imprints are carried around our minds like useless heavy…
Feeling right………….
Photo by MARK ADRIANE on Unsplash Around six months ago, I was asked by a coach “what does success look like” and I thought this was a really cool way of asking myself about a project and make some sense out of the maze I was in. It really helped me look at the end destination…
Encouragements are priceless, don’t be stingy with them…..
Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash Yes, I am going to Mauritius! Not only for the sake of work, but also for something deeply personal. I lived in Mauritius for 5 years between when I was 8 and 13 years old. That’s when I was gifted with some of the most encouraging people on…
Thank you for visiting me, “resistance”, I appreciate that…………
Photo by Eugene Triguba on Unsplash As I sit down to write my daily blog into my second week, I can feel the “resistance” stirring…….. Heartbeat goes up, discomfort, fear of failure, that it might not be good enough, or people will laugh at it………….. And the temptation is to find some…
A little mental reprogramming before breakfast……
Photo by rawpixel.com on Unsplash Here I am again, sitting down, looking at the keyboard and the blank screen. Well, not so blank anymore. Since writing a daily blog, something has shifted! Just when I thought that I had a fixed ritual in the morning, which I have maintained for…
Hey it feels safe, regular and familiar…………………..
Photo by William Felker on Unsplash I love my family and extended family. Yesterday was a day (twice yearly) for cousins and aunties, siblings and nephews, and grandchildren………to gather together, make the excursion/trip to sweep our ancestors’ tombs. This has been going on continuously for years for everyone involved on “autopilot” mode. After the…
Draft?…………there is no draft in real life….
Photo by Cole Hutson on Unsplash This is real. I have less than 10 minutes to write, and post this blog. My previous idea of writing was not real. The idea that I could write, put it under “draft”, look at it again, and again and tweak, and review, and sleep over it…
Mastery…………it’s scary but the possibility of doing otherwise does not exist………..
Photo by Mirko Blicke on Unsplash It’s risky and it’s scary. It might not work. To declare in public that I am going to be a master in something totally unfamiliar. But I will do it anyway! Long ago, like many people who transitioned from the pre internet era to the internet era, we outsourced…
What’s in it for me………….writing this daily blog??
Photo by Aziz Acharki on Unsplash Having now shipped a daily blog for 9 days consecutively, I am giving myself a big “pat on the back” and congratulate myself for keeping my promise to myself and everyone of my subscribers! If you are still reading this, THANK YOU! I am still writing it. …