It’s time for you to DO THE WORK

Over the Easter break, I re-read ‘DO THE WORK’, a brilliant book by Steven Pressfield.?

It’s the kind of book we all need to read and re-read every few months. Understanding its central idea is critical to keeping your 2022 on a growth trajectory.

If, like me, you’ve struggled to get going this year, I highly recommend this as a great way to kick yourself into action.?

What’s stopping you from doing the work you need to do right now?

The book discusses the things that stop us from doing Important WORK. The work we know we need to do. It could be a work project, something physical, perhaps building a culture, a community or a creative project.

You will know what your ‘WORK’ is. (Right now, mine is launching my BRANDYOU online program).

If you don’t know, it probably means you are treading water or stuck.?

You need to go and find your WORK – and do it!

By definition, your WORK will never be easy!

Pressfield says WORK is;?

“Any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term growth, health, or integrity”

You will always meet Resistance?

Whatever your WORK is, there is a force that rises to oppose your completing it. The book calls it ‘Resistance’. It takes many forms, including;

?self-doubt,

distraction,

denial,

procrastination,

fear of failure,

fear of success

This can look like you hiding in your intelligence, status and habits - when you need to take primitive, immediate action.

You can be discouraged by friends and family who (whilst loving you) really don’t want you to change (because doing important work changes us).

Sound Familiar?

If any of this resonates, it’s because this ‘Resistance’ lives inside all of us. It is what stops all of us – if we let it.

As we move into the second quarter of 2022, it’s time to tackle your ‘Resistance’. You do that by building your allies to get the work done. Pressfield calls these;

?Stupidity

Stubbornness

Blind faith

Passion

Assistance (the opposite of ‘Resistance’)

Friends and family (I know – weren’t they also part of the problem?)

?Help will come

As a final thought, it’s important to realize you will not be alone on your journey. But you must take the leap.?

You will need to commit.?

Courage is rewarded. As mountaineer W.H. Murray wrote:

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets:

Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”

You’ve got important WORK to do.

Join my free REBOOT - Your 2022 Success Plan Masterclass – on Friday 29 April.?

If you’d like some help in setting yourself to do great WORK, join my free REBOOT - Your 2022 Success Plan masterclass on 29 April at 11 a.m. Sydney time.?

Over 60 minutes, I’ll share some ideas on how to get yourself moving and motivated to achieve professional success this year.?

You can book your free place here.

Remember – Life’s too short to play it small