Friedrich Nietzsche in “Twilight of the idols” says that he who has a why to live can bear almost any how. We can apply this on a micro scale to reframe our goals and achieve at least a few of them. Post planning an action, whether it is going to the gym, writing, blogging, podcasting, painting, or building, we need to sit down and ask why we need to do a particular thing. Why should I save the money instead of buying the overpriced t-shirt? It might seem obvious but actually, it is not. If we don’t have any particular reason behind what we are doing, we might easily get influenced by great marketing or fall prey to poor pieces of advice.
New year resolutions like journaling and meditation too fall away after a week as they are not necessities for you. You could have simply wanted it as it is the new cool thing or read it in a newspaper. The consistent action that we demand from the body and mind also demands a consistent answer from you. My friend recently said he wanted to do cycling and bought a decent bike from Decathlon. After 3 days, he decided it quit as it was not “his type”. Likewise, why should you start a business? Is it for the freedom that money gives or Is it really bringing value to people or Is it something else?
The recent trend is complaining about the rat race of 9-5 jobs. However, If asked why people wanted to quit then many find it hard to give a solid answer except for the usual workload, creativity, fun, boss issues, and EMI answers. Having clarity on the “Why” gives you not just strength but also keeps away a lot of mental trash and negativity that you perceive from doing a task, either through conditioning or unconscious reasoning.
Potential
Our past experiences and belief systems largely shape our view about the potential we have in our heads. The fact of the matter is even you don’t have a clue about your own potential. Just because you haven’t aced some math test in your high school or bombed the essay when you wrote your college application, it doesn’t mean you fail today as well nor does it mean that you can never improve the damn game. A lot many carry previous failures and treat them as the standard benchmarks that one can never cross in our lifetimes.
If people laughed at you when you gave your first business presentation or when you did some stand-up comedy at the local club, then it only means you couldn’t perform well at that time and you got some work to do. By no means, it is your static capability.
Thy Vox 