What’s the Hardest Part of Getting Something Done?? I Think I Know…
Whether you are just starting out gathering your business ideas, or are in full blown implementation mode...something is going to be difficult. As awesome as you are, you will meet a struggle. Don't worry, as your entrepreneur mentor, I'm gladly going to walk you through it!
Over the past two weeks I have talked with more and more people and felt a simultaneous sense of struggle AND a sense of power that we each have. I have had conversations with people about their kids being sick, their parents being sick, them being sick. I have talked with people about job losses and crazy criminals. I have talked with people about being their own boss and crazy bosses. Crazy customers too.
All of this is great reason to get yourself thrown off track. Absolutely! And to be honest, It hits me the same way. There is no doubt in my mind that knowing your vision and priorities, being committed to them, having this vision enter your life as often as possible (remember what I said about practice) great things happen. I know it – I have seen it happen over and over and over again.
But there is this undeniable force out that sometimes feels like it is meant to throw us off track. Another example of this is the customer needing something completed bright and early Monday morning… and they first mention it Friday afternoon! (Truth is – I have heard this TWICE -not once but twice!- in the past two weeks.) Their weekend then becomes consumed with new requirements from their ultimate end customer.
The black cloud, the force, the inevitable thing that is going to force you to get “off-track” is going to happen. After hearing of all this news all I have been saying to myself over and over again – is that the hardest part of getting something done, is getting through the hardest part.
The hardest part is getting through the hardest Part.
The hardest part is getting through the hardest part.
THE HARDEST PART IS GETTING THROUGH THE HARDEST.
And the more I think of this, the more I think it is true. Another example is that I have friends running the Army 10-miler and Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. I know they have been in training and I have no doubt about their finishing. That’s not say their training hasn’t been hard and their hasn’t been commitment tested, but I am confident they have made it through the hardest part and will finish the races happily and successfully.
So whatever that “hardest part” is… fear, too much work, changes in expectations or all the above. Maybe there is comfort in knowing that the Black Cloud does go away, that while the inevitable will occur – what’s needed sometimes is conquering this “hardest” part.
