I know no one reads directions anymore and product manuals are almost immediately thrown in the trash. But what happens when you get to that step when things just don’t seem to fit properly? It’s time to get the instructions down right. You’ve got to fix the inside before anything will stick on the outside.
This post is part of a 14 part series on How to Be a Better Person. I’ve also super-duper fancied this group of posts up into an Amazon Kindle book. Check it out: Forget Perfect, Just Be Better: 101 Simple Ways to Grow in Relationships, at Work, in Life, and Through God.
1) Mental Fist-Pumps
The further and further I go from the good old high school and college days, the more I realize I don’t have the same emotional safety-net I once had. Sure, I can talk to my wife and call up a buddy at the drop of a hat, but this just doesn’t seem to help on some days.
Every entrepreneurial journey can be especially rough and lonely. You’re busting your bum to hustle out as much useful output as you can on a limited amount of time. If you can’t keep yourself going, no one else will. You’ve got to be your own fuel to keep your fire burning.
Go ahead and give yourself permission to be cheesy. Cheer yourself on and congratulate yourself for little wins. Aim for at least 5 today. Mental fist-pumps are okay. You deserve it.
Every time you pat yourself on the back, you push yourself forward.