It’s the start
that stops
most people.
How do you get started?
Simple.
You get started by getting started.
Many people make the mistake of thinking:
“When I feel like it, then I’ll do it.”
Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.
Never has and never will.
The truth is:
“Once you start doing it, then you start feeling like doing it.”
In other words,
“When I do it, then I’ll feel like it.”
In other words,
when you put
your body
IN MOTION
then your
EMOTIONS
will follow.
For example . . .
Superstar athletes often
DON’T FEEL LIKE
training until
THEY START TRAINING.
Best-selling authors often
DON’T FEEL LIKE
writing until
THEY START WRITING.
Famous musicians often
DON’T FEEL LIKE
practicing until
THEY START PRACTING.
The following story illustrates this . . .
The late, great economist
John Kenneth Galbraith knew this secret.
He wrote volumes of books and articles
over the course of his career.
He was once asked
what he learned from a lifetime of writing.
Professor Galbraith said it took him many years
to discover that the quality of the writing
he did on the days he didn’t feel like getting started
was just as good as the quality of the writing
he did on the days he did feel like getting started.
It’s much easier
to act yourself
into a certain way of feeling
than to feel yourself
into a certain way of acting.
