The Probability of Success
In a week, I will have willingly given up a steady monthly income and taken on the unavoidable uncertainty and incalculable risk of building a small business with my partner.
On goal-setting
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Taking Stock
A pause in my usual routine to take a look at where I’m at and where I’d like to be. It’s been quite the ride diving back into HTML and CSS and dipping my toe into Javascript.
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Acceptance
There’s a power to accepting reality as it is. When you no longer invest your energy in denial and frustration, you’ll find yourself free: free to invest in working within the constraints (or if you prefer, working creatively despite the constraints).
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Success is Surviving
We’ve been listening to James Clear’s book “Atomic Habits.” He reframes the idea of winning and success as surviving.
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Come As You Are
In our society, we strive for the biggest, most visible gains; we look for and celebrate the “zero to hero.” It seems only natural to think that the most effective way to improve is to look for the biggest weaknesses we can find and “fix” that.
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Closing the Gap
There is a constant struggle in self-improvement to close the gap between our actual selves and our ideal selves—often we have a set of goals that we hope gets us closer to becoming this idealized person.
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