The Second Book The 78th Chapter - When Do You Focus On Your Growth

Nov 13/17

How do you know when to push forward on your growth and when to pause?  Do you know what to focus on in your moment?  Can you recognize your particular feeling that signals your need to push forward with your growth?

I was thinking about success and how do we actually taste our successes.  Then my thoughts went to the pioneers of the North American Continent and some of the actions taken by our previous generations have not been all positive over the hundreds of years.  Yet as a human race we are still trying to evolve and move forward.  With all the firsts we have achieved, to the first main in space to cures for diseases, there is a common trait in all we do to reach success and that is to never quit with each failure toward the goal. 

That common trait is our ability to move forward in the moments when we least want too.  Can you think of something you want to achieve but it is difficult for you?  What is that dream for you that you want to master?  For me, one of them is to have a higher level of physical activity that leads to me maintaining my physical health.  I have realized that my physical health is also connected to my emotional health and they are both directly impacted by my choices. 

Something that I have always enjoyed doing, once I start doing it, is running.  The feeling of the physical effort and the sense of accomplishment I feel once I have complete a run is actually quite addicting.  Now that I have a set routine for my run, most days are pretty typical and do take effort to complete the run, but I would not consider this effort difficult. 

What I have observed on my running routine is the days when I least feel like running.  Perhaps I didn't sleep well the night before or it can be as simple as I really don't feel like it.  It is in those moments, when I push past my self-imposed barriers, that I grow the most after the completion of the run.  When I force myself to put on my running shoes and start my journey, it is during the first few minutes that are the most difficult.  Yet as I near completion of the end of my run, each step taken seems to become easier.  It is in these moments I have the highest return on my investment in both my physical ability and emotional health.

I have realized that in the moments I least feel like doing a growth exercise is the moment to focus on my growth.  When I was able to climb out of my static phase is when the most I could feel the positive return on effort.  This pattern is the same in all of the success of our known history.

Almost all leaders as some point in time want to give up and give in to average but they don't.  This is the trait in them that allows them to be a leader.  That fire that is ever burning and can not be extinguished except by themselves. 

The pattern to focus harder to achieve your goals when you least feel like it is of vital importance.  As it is in these moment you will enable yourself to move forward.