Yes. You can also be great if you give yourself enough time.
Rather, whatever time it takes, without pushing yourself.
Greatness needs time before it can fully bloom.
Everyone, including you, has that one big overarching goal or ambition.
If you really want to achieve it, here is what you should do:
Instead of trying to work towards it at a frantic pace, work at a natural pace.
Don’t force yourself to anything.
Just keep your focus and keep coming back to it even when you have to take up other projects because there is a life to be lived.
Taj Mahal was built in 22 years.
Leo Tolstoy wrote War and Peace over a period of 6 years.
Andrew Wiles worked on Fermat’s Last Theorem for 7 years before publishing the solution.
All good things take time.
And if you give it time, it turns to something great.
QUESTION TIME
Do you have one big goal or ambition that you would love to see fulfilled?
Now think. Have you been steadily working towards it or just let it remain a dream, assuming you don’t have time to work for it?
That’s all for today.
But before I wind up, I want to share one small thing from my own life. Simply to tell you that everyone can afford to give time to their passion project.
I wrote my latest fiction – Numbers Don’t Add Up – over a period of five years. I kept coming back to it but was never satisfied with it enough to put it into the publishing cycle. I even published a non-fiction (24 Hours are Enough) during that time. The outcome of letting it simmer for 5 years is that I have clarity on what to write in its sequel. Plus, whether readers buy it or not, I am satisfied with my output.
Adios and Happy Simmering!!
