Mastery: What To Do When You Feel Like Giving Up

Issue No. 12 | March 20th, 2023 | Read Time: 2 Minutes

Happy Monday Everyone!

No matter what you do or how successful you are, there will always be those moments where you just don't want to do it anymore.

There will be mornings where you want to hit that snooze button, nights where you don't feel like working out, and days where you ponder whether or not this path is right for you. 

As much as we'd like to believe our adversities are unique, these degrading and unmotivated thoughts are completely normal.

It's simply impossible to wake up every day ready to tackle the world, because frankly, there will be times where both your mind and the world tackles you first. 

And so we begin to let off the gas and convince ourselves we deserve a day off. We decide to give up today, when really we're giving ourselves permission to give it all up. 

How can we overcome this lack of motivation to continue? As Stephen Hawking once said. . .

"Half the battle is just showing up."

Don't sit around and wait for motivation to rise within you, get up and move your body into the physical space where your work resides. Put simply: Show Up.You'll find that motivation comes easier to those who at least show up on the battlefield than those who reside in bed. You have to remember why you're doing it, and acknowledge the fact that there will be moments where you feel like giving up. The difference between those that succeed and those that don't is having the ability to stick with it for the long haul and not give in to the lies your mind is feeding you.So next time you feel like hitting that snooze button or giving it up all together, make the conscious decision to just show up.Keep that streak alive and keep moving forward. Crawl if you have to, because if you aren't going all the way, then why go at all?

Until next time,

Isaiah Taylor

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What I'm Currently Reading -

I'm now reading

The Art Of Happiness

by Epicurus, a Stoic Philosopher who explains that happiness derives from pleasure.

• If you'd like to see my notes pertaining to any of the other books I have previously read, then check out my websiteisaiahctaylor.comto view my entire library of notes and summaries.

Quote Of The Week

• "The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed." — Bob Parsons