A related thought from Michael Wade:
“An excessive ego can be a chain that slows our advance. It can also resemble a curtain that keeps out the light. It can become a wall that causes us to see only our turf and not the larger expanse that should be our concern. It can poison relationships, cloud memories, and subvert judgment. “. Some of us never recover.”
We are taught to compete. Competition sets the upper bar for what you can achieve.
If you want to jump over that bar, you need to create. Do things differently and do different things.
Creating requires stepping away from competition and focusing on the game that is uniquely yours. A game where you bring your true, best, authentic self to the fore.
Competition is for amateurs. Professionals create.
Excuses are easily accessible. You can cook them up. It’s always easier to blame external situations for our failures or lack of attempt. You can play a victim and soon, the world with sympathize with you.
On the other hand, effort to make things is also easily accessible once we get past our victim mindset. The locus of control is internal. The call it “Growth Mindset”.
Make things, not excuses.
When you take that leap of faith, leap is about courage to step into the unknown. Faith is about trusting the process, your intuition and knowing that you will build strong wings to soar higher.
When you consistently deliver more value than you get, the universe finds a way to deliver more value back to you.
It’s not linear.
There is no instant gratification.
But it works.
Our choices lead us to new places, only if we avoid the temptation to go down the beaten path.
Enough.. eludes us if we are blinded by ego and everything that feeds it (money, power, status, followers…).
Knowing what’s enough is the key to contentment, satisfaction and possibly happiness.
