Lessons With A King

If you love your job, awesome. Keep it. Enjoy it. We need to pay the bills. However, if you are struggling every morning because you dread going to work, maybe it’s time you found a better job. It isn’t about quitting the one you have now. Again, we need to pay the bills but it’s working towards that job you want. It might be getting a new set of skills. It might mean starting your own business. Whatever it is you have to do, do it to get to that job that will give you peace of mind. We shouldn’t struggle mentally to do our work.

PROMPT: How do you define a better job?

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The first draft is done, congratulations but as I said yesterday, you are not done yet. There’s still some work to do. That first draft has to be read with intent. It will hurt but you’ll have to be super honest with yourself. Things that don’t make sense to you, the one person that knows the entire story, will make even less sense to others to figure those out. Cut out things that are taking too much space. Take things slow and then build. Bit by bit and you’ll have that finished version you can show.

PROMPT: What are you currently “rewriting”?

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No one ever shares that first draft. Well, maybe some people do but that’s a rare occurrence. When you want to do something, when an idea is pushing to come out, what you need to do is put it out. That first version is for you to see what the idea really is, what it’s trying to be. However, it won’t come out if you don’t take responsibility and finish that first draft. However, you should know that the first draft is only the beginning and you have some more work to do.

PROMPT: When did you finish your first draft?

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When shit hits the fan, we might be tempted to wallow in self-pity. I understand it hurts but what will help is focusing on the solution. Right now, I’m in shit yes but what can I do to get out of it? Who can I reach out to? What skills do I have that I can use in this situation? Focusing on the solution has a way of bringing positivity while focusing on the problem only compounds the problem.

PROMPT: What was the last thing you solved?

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Whatever is trending in your world now might not be in the next few weeks or days or hours so don’t always jump on the “new thing”. Do not fall into the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) trap. Take time to think things through and make sure it fits your bigger picture before you get on board. Now, if it’s something you feel strongly about, jump in hard but still exercise caution. That said, don’t let “hype” guide your decisions.

PROMPT: What is the current hype in your world?

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