For Fun, But Not For Better?
I saw a very cool tweet by TheSharkDaymond on twitter a while back. Daymond John is the fashion mogul behind the FUBU brand and is on one of my favorite tv shows, Shark Tank.
Here’s the tweet as posted by @TheSharkDaymond:
“We grind! 90min till 5am goals &knock out! Were back up @8am! U didnt sleep when u use 2party! but wont do it 2get ahead huh??”
I thought it was a very interesting point. Did you read what he said? 90 minutes until 5am goals? Whoa! That’s an early start to the day for sure. When was the last time you were even up doing something productive at 5am, much less accomplishing goals at that time of day? The best in the business or in the league or in whatever it is you are doing are not there simply because it “comes easy” to them. There are there because they have a gift (and everyone has one) or a talent and they CHOOSE to make the most of it. They work it!
Back to the tweet…
After that first part about the early morning, he follows it up with a comment about sleep and how many people went without it back in the day (or maybe not so far back) when they used to party, but yet they won’t do it (sacrifice sleep) to do something that will actually help make their life better.
Of course, I’ve always valued my sleep and never really did party, unless you’re going to count New Year’s Eve, but I can also think of things in my life what I’ll do if it’s for a reason or for something I want, yet there are times I’ll hesitate to do it for something that “should” be done to improve the quality of my life. It may be a little less fun, but when you think about it…
Basically you’ll make sacrifices for fun, but not to make your life better? Hmmm…maybe we can make an adjustment there…
One thing that helps people continue moving forward to accomplish their big goals is to celebrate small victories along the way. Without taking the time to celebrate those small accomplishments,