Results are what count

How often do you encourage yourself or give yourself praise for doing a good job? How often do you praise yourself without moments later negating the very praise you just gave? For example: I really did a good job with that but if . . .

I’m thinking about this right now because I ‘m proud of myself. “YES”! I am doing a good job developing my dreams, loving me better and empire building. I don’t need another to validate or even acknowledge my progress and I am grateful for that. You wouldn’t know what that means for me unless you were privy to the facts of my life that my friends are. But suffice it to say, it hasn’t always been that way for me. Growth is sexy!

My productivity has kicked up a notch primarily because I watch and attempt to do what the no holds barred productivity soldiers do. My uncle Dee was one of those people who demonstrated a work ethic that is producible by all but requires a character and an acceptance of discomfort that in today’s culture seems lost amongst the majority of people.

My inner six year old wants, and even in most instances expects, that others appreciate my efforts and my intentions regardless of the actual results. How dare anyone not drop what they are doing to go hard in full support of my soft efforts? I tried so why isn’t that enough.

Expecting something for little or nothing in return is ridicules and runs rampant worldwide. SOFT! Expecting support and attention from others while giving excuses for lack of results is childish. Some people may see and even appreciate evidence of your or my personal growth; if they acknowledge it and offer praise for it then that’s nice too. However, when it comes to business or your career, results are all that count! “Results are all that count” is the mantra around here! This mantra gets verbalized more and more frequently. So when I say I’m proud of myself and I’m doing a good job, I am referring to the personal work associated with generating output without complaint; the personal growth.

I’ve never been a punk, but I have had childish expectation and when, on occasion, the childishness attempts to creep back in and skew my perspective I tell myself this: “The world owes me nothing and God has planted within me the ability to create on the level of my believing.” I can have all I desire but only as a result of doing the required work. The world will give me nothing but I can have all I want through doing.

Do something and stop being soft, because results are all that count around here!

Just my thoughts.

-REL