Do you believe that you have the ability to do excellent work or to create beautiful art?
I don't mind making this personal. I play the guitar as well today as I did when I was 16. I speak Spanish today as well as I did when I was 12. My endurance in running, my accuracy with a gun, and my maximum bench-press are all identical to where they were last year, 5 years ago, maybe even 10 years ago.
Pick the thing you always wished you excelled at, and then start.
Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. "I write only when inspiration strikes," he replied. "Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.” - The War of ArtThis is the consistency and the persistence that excellence demands from all of us. To find yourself washed up on the shores of brilliance requires a daily dedication to the muse. Only after you have done the work, will you reap the rewards.
I don't mind making this personal. I play the guitar as well today as I did when I was 16. I speak Spanish today as well as I did when I was 12. My endurance in running, my accuracy with a gun, and my maximum bench-press are all identical to where they were last year, 5 years ago, maybe even 10 years ago.
Pick the thing you always wished you excelled at, and then start.
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