You'll fail writing online if you don’t understand 1 key habit
Sometimes when I’m training young athletes, they come to me with weak excuses about why they’re dogging it in practice.
Maybe they’re tired from this or that other activity.
Or their gear is too hot.
Or they just don’t feel like pushing today — they have too much going on.
The thing is, the best of the best — whether it be high-level athletes or the most successful online writers — have trained themselves via systems and habits to do 1 thing others won’t.
Excuses, excuses
There are, of course, legitimate reasons someone might not be able to perform.
Injuries. Mental health challenges. Family turmoil.
But whenever said athletes come to me with their illegitimate excuses, I tell them the same thing:
“YOU HAVE TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE.”
Certainly, telling someone to get comfortable with being uncomfortable can be a “do as I say, not as I do” kind of thing.
Nobody’s perfect, me included.
Who among us hasn’t chased comfort over doing something difficult?
My job as a coach of others is to guide and to motivate, so that’s what I do.
But we could all do well with turning the coaching lens on ourselves from time to time, couldn’t we?
Lately, my content creation output has been downright pathetic.
I could blame a whole host of things:
Kids being home during the summer
Recent trave
Multiple visitors in our home
But those excuses are just that — excuses.
The truth is, I haven’t been writing and posting videos because I just didn’t wanna.
Well boo hoo, right?
I could have easily gotten up an hour earlier and pumped out a writing or video editing session.
But I chose not to.
As you’ll know if you’ve read my work for any amount of time, I have an extra hurdle to overcome in my online business journey: ADHD.
The reason I work so hard at managing my brain is because I know this 1 undeniable truth:
No matter the barrier — and we all have them — the best of the best show up every day, even when they might not feel like it.
Above-average results require above-average effort.
So if you’ve been tripped up lately, just commit to doing 1 easy thing today to start getting back on track.
Maybe it’s quieting your mind and leaning on a system.
Maybe it’s just blurting something out on the page like I’m doing here to get the feel for writing again.
This short post is a reminder to myself and to whoever wants to receive it that the most rewarding things in life are never the easy ones.
This message isn’t about being perfect, of course.
It’s about getting a little bit better at pushing through resistance each and every day.
Some days you’ll gain three yards on the battlefield of your mind.
On other days, you’ll lose a yard.
But as long as you keep moving the ball down the field, you’ll reach your version of victory.
So even if you don’t feel like it, get out there today and PUSH!
I promise I’ll do the same!
What strategies have you used to push yourself to the next level lately? Let me know in the comments!
Publish Every Day project update: Day 275
I’m working on a project to make enough money to leave commuter life within a year by publishing every single day on different platforms and investing my earnings into passive income vehicles.
How much I need to retire: $250 CAD per day
What I earned on Day 275: $93.56 (writing) + $1.63 (YouTube) = $95.19 total
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