Being stuck is reasonable
When you’re stuck, it’s usually because you’re heading in the wrong direction, you’re taking the wrong path, or you’re running out of fuel.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
As long as that chief concern is one you think you can manage, the most rational thing to do is to actually make the jump. By not making that leap, you are voting to give up all unimaginable future rewards for a single concern you can predict and prepare for today.
Lawrence Yeo • The Day You Decided to Take the Leap
Ajinkya Wadhwa added
Thus, it is vital to remind yourself that even though you may feel like you are stuck in a difficult situation and the future is doomed, that rarely, if ever, is the case. Our perceptions and our ability to make accurate predictions about what will happen in the future get distorted.
Brad Stulberg • Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You
Mark Fishman and added
Your work is too important to be left to how you feel today. On the other hand, committing to an action can change how we feel. If we act as though we trust the process and do the work, then the feelings will follow. Waiting for a feeling is a luxury we don’t have time for.
Seth Godin • The Practice
Your work is too important to be left to how you feel today. On the other hand, committing to an action can change how we feel. If we act as though we trust the process and do the work, then the feelings will follow. Waiting for a feeling is a luxury we don’t have time for.
Seth Godin • The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
Ajinkya Wadhwa and added
Clarity matters: Being specific and consistent and clear in what you do and what you stand for is challenging work, but worth it. It requires less compromise and a willingness to walk away from all the soft edges that the committee might be insisting on.
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Seth Godin • A branding exercise
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