You can do anything, but not everything.
Productivity depends on a person’s ability to say yes and no.
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence meets you. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would come this way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.
If you're serious about something you're not based looking for the one march, the one concert, the one bill. That you're involved on a day to day basis. You're here today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, 10 years from now.
Real leaders don’t “give assignments”—they ask for commitments. They understand that the initial conversation is a chance to frame the entire subsequent experience. When people make a commitment—a choice—they feel a far deeper connection to their work. When it is assigned to them—or others sell them on it—a subtle and insidious agreement is made: that the leader is responsible for their motivation. The worker is consenting to this work as a favor to the leader.
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
R2D2: Beeps, clicks, whistles, etc. Luke: Oh no. We’ll never get it out now! Yoda: So certain are you? Always with you it cannot be done. Do you nothing that I say? Luke: Master moving stones around is one thing. This is totally different. Yoda: No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned. Luke: Alright, I’ll give it a try. Yoda: No. Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.
We are conditioned to believe love is a feeling, usually the feeling that we ""get"" from the other person. Relationships are actually spaces to evolve, to grow, to learn to meet the parts of ourselves that we abandoned years ago. So many people look for relationships as an escape from themselves. To numb the pain, to be rescued from life as they know it. This unrealistic expectation will always lead to disappointment, because this was never the role of a partner. True commitment to another person involves a commitment to yourself. To unlearn toxic patterns, to learn how to communicate, to learn how to ask for your needs to be met. This won't always feel good. We won't always be “happy"" with our partners. Relationships take work. Especially if you haven’t witnessed a healthy, open, emotionally connected relationship in childhood. A partner is a mirror: showing you what needs healing.