#61 Talent vs discipline

ByLukas
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In all his life Picasso produced about 147,800 pieces, consisting of: 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints and engravings, 300 sculptures and ceramics and 34,000 illustrations – an impressive 78-year career.

https://www.pablopicasso.org/picasso-facts.jsp

13,500 paintings; that’s almost 37 years of producing a painting, every single day.

How good would you be if you had painted daily for 37 years?

Maybe still not as good as Picasso. Or maybe better. Hard to tell, because while many people might be born with talent, few people have the discipline to combine it with that level of discipline.

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#426 Back again

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You’ll end up in the season of distraction.

And then you’ll be back again.

You’ll end up in the season of rest.

And then you’ll be back again.

You’ll end up in the season of turmoil.

And then you’ll be back again.

And the more you go “back again” to a path, the stronger that default path becomes.

Choose it wisely.

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#103 Show me one daily action

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So you say you want to be a writer?
Show me one daily action that proves that’s true.

So you say you value connection with family and friends?
Show me one daily action that demonstrates you do.

So you say you want to learn a foreign language?
Show me one daily action. Show me you’ll follow through.

Show me one daily action. Not for me. But for you.

For you to start believing you care.

That your dreams and desires aren’t just castles in the air.

That you dare to build an identity that supports your values and aspirations.

Because actions overrule thoughts.

Actions form (or break) beliefs.

Actions aligned with your values build trust in your good intentions, and change your identity.

One action a day. That’s all it takes.

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#331 Building habits the lazy way

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Some people think they can’t build habits because they’re lazy.

Maybe we all are – so we might as well make laziness the key to building habits.

I write only one short daily post because I know I won’t stick to writing long-form posts – and when I feel like writing long-form, it doesn’t feel like an obligation but a treat. Laziness built the writing habit, and laziness makes me feel good when I write more.

I do 5-minute daily meditations because I know I won’t stick to 30-minute meditation as a habit – yet when I DO meditate for 30 minutes, it feels like a treat. Laziness built the meditation habit, and laziness makes me feel good when I meditate more.

If you are so sure you won’t stick to anything overly ambitious, what’s the laziest way you could implement a behavior change? Can you use that as your starting point to build life-changing habits?

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#248 Finding Growth in Frowns

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Frowns carry questions. Puzzles. Uncertainty on the edge of understanding.

“I don’t understand – yet.”

Sometimes they also carry dismissal.

“I don’t agree – why?”

Most of all, frowns symbolize a struggle, a moment of dissonance between what we know and what we encounter.

Balancing on the edge of comprehension or dismissively pushing away the unfamiliar…

This is where insights are born.

#201 Nothing will be perfect

ByLukas

What would you finally dare to do today
if you knew whatever you try will never be perfect anyway?

Publish a story with typos and awkward sentences?
Run a marathon without finishing it?
Play a guitar piece and trip up five times?
Sing in front of other people and miss a note?
Try a new yoga pose in class and fall over?

Nothing will be perfect today.
Nothing will be perfect tomorrow.

But if you take imperfect action
and dare to publish imperfect work
everything you do will have the perfect taste of progress and consistency.

And that’s all that counts anyway.

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