3 reaons why you should work hard...
- If your work truly matters to you, the fear around it will never subside.
2.Never take action and reflect on your work at the same time.
3.Let your work itself be the biggest reward for working.
- self motivation is the key
Lesson 1: If your work is important to you, the fear of doing it will never go away
We always think that if we practice enough, we’ll get so good we’ll never have any problems with our work, ever again. But that’s not true.
Lesson 2: Don’t take action and reflect at the same time
Guess what the worst time is to edit a blog post? Right after you wrote it. (Why do you think I don't look at my book "summaries" after i have written them...)
It’ll be impossible to objectively reflect on your work, because you just finished it, and are naturally proud of what you did – and you should be! But that’s why it’s important to give yourself some temporal and physical distance, before judging your work.
Let’s take it a step further and suggest this: When in doubt, don’t reflect at all.
For example: it’s much easier to just write another blog post, instead of perfectly editing the last one. That’s why you should just write, press publish and instantly write more!
Lesson 3: Your work should be the biggest reward for your work
Resistance is a nasty thing. When you are going to do things, most times you have to overcome tons of resistance to do them. So when you’re down and about to give up, look at what you’ve accomplished already, and let it drive you to doing even more.