It's Growing On Me

It doesn’t happen much anymore.

It’s been a long time since any of us heard a song, didn’t really like it, but then ended up hearing it a hundred more times, finally coming to the conclusion, ‘ya know I kinda like that song’.

We rarely end up hearing songs we don’t really like, and when we do, we definitely don’t make it a point to listen a bunch more times just to see if it’ll grow on us. If we don’t like it, we switch it. Probably forever.

So is the arc of ‘it’s growing on me’ a thing of the past?

 

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Ease And Tenacity

There’s an ease to this time when you know there’s going to be a next time. But don’t let the ease turn into laziness or lowered quality.

There’s a tenacity to this time when you think this might be the only time. But don’t let the tenacity turn into stalling and excuses.

We need both ease and tenacity to do our next best work. So it’s best to learn how to work with them.

 

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The Foreseeable Future

How long are we going to do it this way? For the foreseeable future.

But how much is foreseeable and by whom is it foreseen?

We have to be ok doing the best we can with what we have and what we know. That is the only true option. And then if we’re smart, we adjust as we go.

The big brush strokes of the future might be foreseeable but the details (the things that actually pertain to our thing) are complex and always changing in meaningful ways.

It pays to admit that the scope of the foreseeable future is shorter than our confidence might lead others to believe. It also pays to have this type of confidence…as long as we know the truth and keep admitting the unknown.

 

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What's Your Style?

It’s easy to identify and label others’ style but a lot harder doing the same for ourselves.

But each of us definitely have a style…of music, of fashion, of speaking.

So how do you figure it out?

Identify your habits and you’ve just found your style.

Your habits are your style.

 

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How Do You Wait?

Of course Tom Petty was right, ‘the waiting is the hardest part’. But the waiting is also the inevitable part.

It’s going to take longer than you think. You’re going to have to wait.

So it really comes down to this…Waiting patiently vs. waiting impatiently.

The waiting is the hardest part because it’s so easy to wait impatiently…and impatience makes everything worse.

On the other hand, waiting patiently doesn’t make the waiting go away or take less time…it just makes everything better.

You don’t get to choose if you wait but you do get to choose how you wait.

 

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