The gap between greatness and mediocrity is huge
Wed, 03/20/2013 - 06:55
I have this weird journal where rather than really talking about specific interactions in my game and stuff I remind myself of the things I learned/think I should implement. It has singlehandedly propelled me to new heights when I use it the way I meant for it to be used. I was just re-reading through and the very last post I wrote in it was this one and I thought it was pretty interesting how I was talking down to myself and really think we all need to practice acting from THAT personality.
Sometime in january:
"Just do it.
I haven't created enough lately. No game really, too focused on life, gotta get there.
I want greatness.
I want to be great in the small things.
I want to be great in the big things.
I want to brush my teeth great, I want to walk around greatly.
I want to be so great, I enjoy cleaning my room as an exercise of discipline.
I want to write poems and create music.
I want to build masterpieces and develop my life as if it were one.
I thirst for it, hunger for it, cry for it, laugh for it.
I need greatness.
I haven't been going out lately but I need to constantly realize how many opportunities I really have. I've built so much, I can't let all that go. So what if I have a lot to do on a particular day? DO IT GREATLY. I have all the tools. I've put in the time learning how I want to act and live my life, now all I have to do is follow the fucking program.
To me: Remember all of the books, all the notes you've written yourself, everything you've printed off and posted on the wall. Remember all of it. One of the last things that I feel just needed to BE SAID was that you need to be a go-getter. Sure, you have statements like 'take massive action' plastered everywhere but you have to become that type of person if you want to truly achieve your shit. You need to be the type of person who can make a goal and just fucking do it. Who can actually read the book in the time frame suggested, or who can create when you want to create, or who can do his homework in the time allotted. You have to become that guy. You can't get by on being 'slightly better'. It simply doesn't work like that. The gap between greatness and mediocrity is huge, and slightly better doesn't even come close to cutting it. Remember all of it, keep building on it, but most of all just fucking do it. "
Sometime in january:
"Just do it.
I haven't created enough lately. No game really, too focused on life, gotta get there.
I want greatness.
I want to be great in the small things.
I want to be great in the big things.
I want to brush my teeth great, I want to walk around greatly.
I want to be so great, I enjoy cleaning my room as an exercise of discipline.
I want to write poems and create music.
I want to build masterpieces and develop my life as if it were one.
I thirst for it, hunger for it, cry for it, laugh for it.
I need greatness.
I haven't been going out lately but I need to constantly realize how many opportunities I really have. I've built so much, I can't let all that go. So what if I have a lot to do on a particular day? DO IT GREATLY. I have all the tools. I've put in the time learning how I want to act and live my life, now all I have to do is follow the fucking program.
To me: Remember all of the books, all the notes you've written yourself, everything you've printed off and posted on the wall. Remember all of it. One of the last things that I feel just needed to BE SAID was that you need to be a go-getter. Sure, you have statements like 'take massive action' plastered everywhere but you have to become that type of person if you want to truly achieve your shit. You need to be the type of person who can make a goal and just fucking do it. Who can actually read the book in the time frame suggested, or who can create when you want to create, or who can do his homework in the time allotted. You have to become that guy. You can't get by on being 'slightly better'. It simply doesn't work like that. The gap between greatness and mediocrity is huge, and slightly better doesn't even come close to cutting it. Remember all of it, keep building on it, but most of all just fucking do it. "
Wed, 03/20/2013 - 21:26
#1
Good stuff man. Make sure you
Good stuff man. Make sure you don't turn this into a black and white issue however. You take it by the day.. you have highly productive days, you have some mediocre days. No self-judgment and no trying to conquer the world in a day, you'll never become fully engaged to the task at hand.
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Thu, 03/21/2013 - 04:57
#2
^MW said it.
Self
^MW said it.
Self discipline can not exist with an "all or nothing", "black or white" mindset. If you understand that setbacks dont necessarily mean failure - you have given yourself more power than most.
Self discipline can not exist with an "all or nothing", "black or white" mindset. If you understand that setbacks dont necessarily mean failure - you have given yourself more power than most.
Thu, 03/21/2013 - 06:37
#3
You guys are right, and with
You guys are right, and with a black and white mindset, if you have a bad day at all you're pretty much fucked because you get stuck in that rut.