Comments on: What to Do When Your Adventure Feels Like a Long, Hard Slog

By: Food for Thought « 深蓝色的泪光

Food for Thought « 深蓝色的泪光 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:20:44 +0000

[...] I’m not saying that your adventures will always be easy – sometimes, a deep happiness means working through some less-than-pleasant moments. But, if you are perfectly happy with who you are and what you do, don’t force yourself to change things just because your friends or your parents or the folks you look up to do it differently. [...]

By: Why You Might Want to Postpone Your Dreams — Aliventures

Why You Might Want to Postpone Your Dreams — Aliventures — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:05:02 +0000

[...] afraid that you don’t have the ability to follow-through on your dreams (including the hard, slogging bits), then isn’t it easiest to make sure you never set yourself up with a good [...]

By: Every Adventurer Needs a Break Sometimes — Aliventures

Every Adventurer Needs a Break Sometimes — Aliventures — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:33:53 +0000

[...] weepy, frustrated and overwhelmed: and while those feelings are part and parcel of the occasional long-hard-slog section of life, they shouldn’t be cropping up on a regular [...]

By: Do You Need to “Better Yourself”? « Sky Writer

Do You Need to “Better Yourself”? « Sky Writer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:34:24 +0000

By: Do You Need to “Better Yourself”? « Sky Writer

Do You Need to “Better Yourself”? « Sky Writer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:34:24 +0000

By: Do You Need to “Better Yourself”? — Aliventures

Do You Need to “Better Yourself”? — Aliventures — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:21:58 +0000

By: Are You Pursuing Your Goals to the Bitter End? — Aliventures

Are You Pursuing Your Goals to the Bitter End? — Aliventures — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:09:48 +0000

[...] energy and making you miserable. By that, I don’t mean that you should give up as soon as you have to do a bit of slogging to progress with your goal – you inevitably won’t love every minute – but if all you can see ahead is more and more [...]

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:56:59 +0000

Thanks John – I love the metaphor of the elevators! Stairs can be a slog, but the more you walk up and down them, the fitter you’ll get.

Hope your team and the company are doing well now, and that the stairs were worth it in the end!

By: John

John — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:40:40 +0000

It’s nice to read such articles like this. It reminded me of the rough times me and my team went through the first time i open the company. Office is up on the 5th floor with no elevators!… but it did though me one very very important thing:

Pursuing a dream is like having your first office up on the 4th flour with NO elevators. You just have to BRAVE the stairs everyday. – J. Leyson

I like your closing sentence: “Accept that will be times when your big adventure feels like hard work. That’s how you know you’re doing something worthwhile.”

Cheers!

By: No-One is Perfect – So Be Kind to Yourself | The BridgeMaker

No-One is Perfect – So Be Kind to Yourself | The BridgeMaker — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:56:22 +0000

[...] why don’t I have it all sorted? Why don’t I feel unending joy when I’m working towards my goals? Am I just wasting my time trying to nurture that little seed of the person I believe I can [...]