As I write these notes throughout the year, there are days when I feel inadequate for you. I lack a unique insight worthy of sharing. I think anything I write is annoyingly repetitive or painfully obvious.
So I search for an angle. I look for a stone to flip over that will reveal the treasure I'm looking for: a missing puzzle piece in mindset or behavior that is just what you need. It may arrive too late or too early for your particular situation in life, but at least you'll have it. Sometimes the timing works out perfectly. You get what you need when you need it.
I'm constantly searching for these stones, discovering what's underneath, and working hard to deliver those insights to you. You deserve that.
I've learned and grown to appreciate that we don't always need a unique insight. We don't need to look under a stone. We don't need a new thought, a new thing, a new concept.
We need reminding of old things we've heard a thousand times. We need reminding of familiar concepts because after hearing them a thousand times, we allowed them to stay concepts. Too many people have confused hearing the message with doing the work.
We talk the talk with good motivations, but if we're honest, we don't always walk the walk with much discipline. As a result, it's easy to become more fluent in famous quotes than practical actions.
So rather than either of us flipping stones today, turn your eyes to the principles you already know and believe.
Look inward at your core. Look in your heart. Now, look at your life. Look at your actions, your habits, and your impact.
What principle that you already know and believe needs an infusion of discipline?
Nothing new. Stay with the familiar. Let's return, not to the basics, but to one basic principle that you need better effort and execution.
Answer the call. Do the work.
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