One of the biggest ‘aha’ moments I had in the past few years was a note from Covey’s 7 Habits book that spoke of Abundance. His reasoning was simple – you can only seek ‘win win’ outcomes if you believe there is enough out there for all of us.
As a very competitive, fairly insecure youngster growing up, there was always very little out there and getting anything was a competition. As one of the big reasons for the creation of this blog was to build a ‘secure’ core, I remember this insight being a big step and I remember creating a Google Doc sheet with all the links to the various places I was applying to, and sharing it with all my friends. Until that moment, I had kept this closely guarded (the naiveity of the act only struck me later)…
That small act of sharing that list of (publicly known) links was a big step. Believing in abundance took much longer.
I had started my ‘Good Morning’ quotes initiative just a weeks prior to this moment and for almost a year, I used to always wonder if I would “run out”. I remember even saving quotes for future weeks because I wondered if I’d be able to find good quality quotes. I am also always on the look out for great stories thanks to a couple of learning initiatives like the ‘Book Learning’ initiative and again, the same pattern repeated. I was wary of running out..
801 quotes, 143 book learnings, 300+ Monday Learning stories and 2,525 posts later, I have learnt that abundance is real and you have to want to believe in it. Of course, some days, weeks are better than others but when you do something every day, you tend to accept that. What matters is to believe that it’s not one great spike that defines you, and to keep plugging away and hopefully, keep getting better..
I don’t quite know if all of this has indeed resulted in me becoming a much better writer, for instance. This week, I realized my shortcomings as a writer more clearly than ever. But, I can say with certainty that learning, getting inspired and sharing the inspiration has made me happier.
And, I tend to believe there are few other things that matter..
A Learning a Day 