In Others’ Words: Time Requirement

 

Each of us is striving toward a different goal, but whatever we want to accomplish requires the same thing: skill, and effort and time. 

Sometimes, more than anything else, the time required to reach our goals trips us up more than anything else.

We feel good about ourselves when we’re learning a skill.

We feel good about effort of any kind. Pursuing a writing dream? Effort looks like attending a writing conference where you network, attend workshops, pitch your work-in-progress (WIP), maybe win an award.

But time? The how long it takes for things to happen? The waiting?

We struggle with the timing of it all. 

Sometimes things happen fast — and that’s it’s own kind of challenge. But believe me, there was waiting involved in the “overnight success” stories, too.

And for those who wait?  Well, waiting can seem like a waste of time. But time is made up of both doing — learning the skills and making the efforts — and waiting. And then repeating that cycle.

All great achievements — the great achievement you are pursuing — takes time. Don’t fight it. Use it to your advantage.

In Your Words: How can you use time — the upcoming hours, days, weeks — to help yourself pursue your dream?

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'All great achievements take time.' Quote by Maya Angelou http://bit.ly/2v0fxpf #perspective #goals
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