#481 Short-term pain vs long-term gain
Rarely can you build a new habit without going through discomfort and resistance.
Choose to avoid the short-term pain… Or choose to focus on the long-term gain.
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#276 Re-interpreting setbacks
ByLukasIf you know the journey of writing a book is filled with days where you won’t feel like writing, days where you won’t feel like writing aren’t a distraction – they’re a sign you’re on the right path.
After all, if you know setbacks are what makes your journey your journey, how could your journey be disturbed by setbacks?
#271 What are you practicing today?
ByLukasAre you practicing writing? Or giving up writing?
Are you practicing persevering? Or giving up?
Are you practicing doing what you know is good for you? Or ignoring what you know is good for you?You’re always practicing something. And what you practice, you’ll become good at. And what you practice will persist.
#72 Contrast
ByLukasWithout sadness, how do I know I’m happy?
Without happiness, how do I know I’m sad?
Without anger, how do I know I’m grateful?
Without gratitude, how do I know I’m angry?
Without pain, how do I know what pleasure feels like?
Without pleasure, how do I know I’m in pain?
Without bad moments, how can I appreciate the good ones?
Without good moments, what gets me through the bad ones?
Contrast.
#111 Your Purpose and Unique Voice
ByLukasIn writing every day, I find out what I want to say.
And in writing every day, I learn to say it my way.
I will never go astray as long as I stay on the field of play.You can’t start taking action after finding your purpose.
You find your purpose by taking action.Neither can you wait to start creating until you’ve found your unique voice.
Because your unique voice emerges from the daily act of creating.#419 What would happen if you don’t rush?
ByLukasWhat would happen if you don’t rush?
Maybe suddenly, time will be flush, and ideas lush..
#411 The meaning is in the moment
ByLukasThe meaning of your life is not in the goals you crave.
It’s not in the results you chase.
Nor is it in the habits you create.The meaning is in what you do in this very moment.
And the next moment.
And the one after that.The meaning is in your collection of actions. In your collection of decisions. In your collection of present moments. Wherever they take you.