No one sets out to be average. It’s never our goal to be just good enough.
Inside all of us is the desire to be our absolute best. But because we’re human, sometimes our intensity becomes desensitized.
Remember when you started that project, design, job, or training and you were on fire? Nothing could stop you. Challenges were laughable and opportunity was everywhere.
Then, over time, you started to drift. Your passion maybe dipped a little. You got tired and with that, lost a little of the drive or hustle that kept you going every day.
Sometimes the only way to get the pace back is to change gears. Changing gears can look like:
- Taking a break.
- Going to a conference.
- Encouraging someone else to be their best.
- Revisiting our history.
- Having a hard conversation.
- Remembering to be inspired.
- Hiring someone new.
- Changing team positions or responsibilities.
- Praying.
Love this Brewster–I hate to say this, but I know what I need to do right now is FINISH. Starting has, for me, become resistance. Focus is needed. A slow grind–a Cal Ripken approach–will often give more success than a Mark McGuire ‘roided up swinging for the fences.
This is exactly what I’ve been thinking & praying through for our creative team going into 2013. 2012 was our biggest year yet and I want to add to that momentum rather than letting it coast then die.
We set some clear goals for the new year and I am putting some projects into the hands of our team (volunteers) more than ever. I think this will keep the momentum in our favor going into the new year.
Side note: Just picked up two books for January reading that I’m super pumped about and looking to inspire me to start the year off with excellence: “The Accidental Creative” & “Steal Like An Artist”.