Let Me Be Real... | Day 23
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Good afternoon Reader We have only 7 Days left of the Power Crown Games. I'm gonna honest with you for a second. I've been trying to write this email for the past 2 hours. Today just isn't my day. Usually I can get it done in under 30 minutes. But that doesn't seem to be the case today. Regardless, it still needs to get done. And that's what I'm gonna talk about. Many times, we fall into a routine of monotony. So much so, that we want to forfeit doing anything at all. Or we get to the point where we're all drained out of any creative juices. This can be very dangerous, especially since we need to do stuff in order to see the results. But here's where the glimmer of hope appears. In my run at entrepreneurship, there's one lesson that I've been blessed to learn early on, and I want to share it with you. Regardless of your motivation or creativity, when you have a system and deadline in place, you will get the work done. I didn't know what I was going to write today. But I knew how to write a simple email, and I knew I had to get it out. Even though I had nothing, I was able to fall back on my system and deadline, and still cross the finish line. And the best part, once I got into the rhythm, my creativity started flowing, and I was able to take a simple concept and elaborate on it further. It's easier to go from lifting 100lbs to 200lbs, than to go from lifting 0lbs to 100lbs. So you want to make it as easy to start as you possibly can. I know it's helped me. Until next time, praying for your success. Estevan Out.
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