The DAILY SPARK Blog

THE TRAP

Perfectionism makes essential projects hard to start, self-doubt makes them hard to finish and trying to do too much, too fast, makes it hard to sustain momentum.

Quote by Greg McKeown from his new book:   EFFORTLESS Make It Easier To Do What Matters Most

REFLECTION:

  • Do you have a “stuck” project?
  • Is perfectionism the cause?
  • Is self-doubt the cause?
  • Is trying to do too much , too fast the cause?
  • How can you move forward on the project with a new approach?

JUMP OVER OR STEP OVER?

I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

Quote by Warren Buffet

Warren Edward Buffett is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

REFLECTION:

  • What 7-foot bars have been trying to jump over?
  • Is there a 1-foot bar you can step over?
  • Look around… take a different step.

CROSSING THE ABYSS

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?  This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.

Quote by Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion.

REFLECTION:

  • Do you measure your self worth by the standards others have set?
  • When you achieve a goal, what is it that you feel inside you?
  • Do you feel disappointed if others don’t honor, idolize you and your accomplishments
  • Do you do things for the love of doing them or for the acclaim of others?