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Have you ever felt average?
You drudge through work with every ounce of enthusiasm and effort you can muster, but you feel like you have reached your limit. You just can’t seem to create something incredible.
You go over your work and think about what went wrong. You slaved for days and sometimes weeks, but you still don’t have a clue.
It’s almost like you didn’t even try.
Meanwhile, other co-workers seemingly breeze by without a glitch. You feel they deliver mind-blowing presentations, create the best strategic plans, and discover new ways to bring money into the company.
How come I can’t do it? Am I able to feel incredible about my work?
Absolutely and I am going to show you how by going over the checks and balances of an incredible mindset.
1. Perception Is Everything
Your favorite baseball player is up at bat. The ball comes whizzing through the strike zone and he hits. The bat shatters and the ball goes flying over the center wall.
You are absolutely ecstatic and happy, but another guy, in another seat, watched the same events and was devastated. His bat wasn’t unbreakable after all.
Executive Branch: Incredible minds know that incredible is how you perceive specific events
2. Your Definition Matters
Just imagine what an incredible person looks like. Is he fit? Does he have a lot of money? Does he volunteer at a hospital for 10 hours a week?
Well, what did you come up with? I am willing to bet it is completely different from your friends and family because everyone defines incredible differently.
You may feel average with B+ grades, but to a child who can’t afford school, he thinks it’s incredible that you are in school.
Judicial Branch: Incredible minds understand that everyone defines incredible differently
3. Timing is Important
Timing is important. Timing. is. important.
Its not what you do or how you do it, but when you do it. Creating a piece of incredible work means nothing if it was due last month.
When I first started earning money on the internet, I broke a news story and received a large spike in traffic. My server was down for nearly 36 hours of 72 hours and I still received over 1,000,000 readers. A week later, I upgraded my server. Unfortunately, I already missed 36 hours of traffic.
Legislative Branch: Incredible people know that they need to do the right things at the right time.
The Bottom Line
Doing incredible things is not determined by what you do or how you do it, but how you feel about the result. Remember these three branches, and your only choice left is incredible.
Your Thoughts?
Do you agree with my breakdown? If not, tell me how you would break it down instead.
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Hi Derek – I found you through Erica’s blog and I’ll be adding you to my reader.
This is a great post and it reminds me a lot of the bad thinking I used to have when I had low self esteem. It’s amazing how different switching your thinking makes you feel.
When your server was down, I still think it was incredible that you managed to get over 1,000,000 visitors in the remaining 36 hours.
Do you mind if I ask a question? When I get a traffic spike, my website crashes. I don’t have my own server. Does this mean I need to upgrade to a better service or would it be better to have my own server? I’m not too technical and I’ve noticed that getting a managed server would be quite pricey.
@ Cath: It all depends. What kind of traffic spike are you receiving? Maybe you can shoot me an e-mail and we can discuss it further.
Ok I’ve liked everything I’ve read of yours but this? This does not make sense to me whatsoever. It sounds as if your saying as long as your proud of the work you achieve and have it in a timely manner then you are incredible. Seriously? How much garbage ends up out there do to the impatience of higher ups. Perception: I accept that there are people out there that are far more intelligent towards different things. I’m going to sit there and envy them because i didn’t come up with it or present it before them. Who are they presenting it to? thats the guy. He’s the one looking down on all his little minds making him who he is. Definition? What if I look in the mirror and straighten my tie and say “I’m the man” it makes me incredible? I present mediocre work to my boss who is as ignorant as myself who’ll gobble it up to show his boss for credit makes me incredible compared to the guy i work next to who actually knows his shit? And timeliness, F’n deadlines. Nothing kills the human soul more then this. Hurry up and make everyone else rich while your life crumbles. Time in itself is a perception. Go ahead and build yourself up. It just sets you up for a greater fall.
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