The Pursuit of Awesome with Charlie Harary

Identifying what you bring to the table and the value you can bring into this world gives us the ability to take a specific action. We want to take action for the sake of improving ourselves versus taking action for the sake of rushing to the desired result.

Physical success does not translate into spiritual satisfaction, but we often fall into the trap of converting spiritual desires into physical goals. When that happens we don’t achieve the depth of satisfaction so we end up dropping our actions and new behaviors, halting our ability to grow and develop as individuals.

We need to change the paradigm and shift our focus accordingly.

What drives us comes from an inner source- our soul. If we process that drive through a physical lens, only focused on physical impact and reward, we will never feel fully satisfied.

Our souls are not satisfied with material and physical rewards. Rather, our souls are satisfied when we are driven to self-improvement because our souls contain the potential of who we can be.

We need to embrace the mentality of doing action for the sake of action in order to achieve greatness. When we view our ultimate goal as becoming better at the action itself rather than gaining an immediate reward, we can accomplish great things and make effective change.

Oftentimes we often focus too much on the relationship between a new action we take and the benefit that comes as a result. Focusing on the benefit stands in the way of implementing change. We need to shift our mindset and realize that the new action in itself is what truly matters.

Starting a new ritual brings excitement and anticipation. But once that ritual becomes routine, our brain creates a trap that makes it hard to continue. We need to unlock our inner patience to overcome that self-inflicted trap and continue towards achieving our goal.

We often credit ourselves for being more patient than we are in reality.  Focusing on becoming more patient will help us grow as individuals and ultimately achieve the goals we set out for ourselves.

We live in a world of wanting instant success. But our lack of patience is one of the greatest hurdles that stand in the way of achieving that success.

Focusing on consistent, repetitive incremental moves towards our goals enables us to successfully achieve change.