Quit Focusing On The Outcome — A Simple Way To Get More Of What You Want.
Being obsessed with outcomes is messing up the chances you have to do more of the work you love.
The goal orientated world we live in preaches outcomes and in the business world that takes the form of KPI’s. Outcomes are like having dessert as the entree — it doesn’t make sense.
Much of my career has been focused on outcomes until I figured out how to get more of what I wanted.
The three phases I went through were these:
Part One: Hustle/work hard.
At the start, you don’t need any motivation towards an outcome you want in your life. Momentum happens because the sheer shine of your new idea does all of that for you.
When I first started blogging, the first fifty articles were the easiest to write. I had no expectations, audience or critics to tell me I was a moron. I’d sometimes write for eight hours at a time and it was easy to punch out 3000–4000 words with my eyes closed.
I preached the idea that you have to work hard because that’s what I was doing and thought “Well if I have to do so much work then everyone else should too.”
