I have a chart on my whteboard in front of my desk that lists 7 tasks. These are my daily tasks I mean to roll through each day. Often I don’t follow that board–a lack of discipline I am in the process of correcting. The board itself is the key to being successful. Anything you wish to be good at you must treat with a religious fervor. I feel like young people lock in on this rather quickly. I have kids (who are no longer young and in some cases quite old) who game. They devote hours to the task. Some devote more time than others, adding to the natural skills will research time spent on youtube gaining insights and tricks from the pros (or the semi-pros). They do this out of a passion that resembles the religious fervor I wrote of above. It means they are dedicated–perhaps without even realizing how dedicated they truly are.
When I first started writing–I wasn’t more than six or seven max–I wrote with that fervor. I didn’t realize it was work because I enjoyed it. The work was simply how I had fun. This morning I watched my partner construct a list of tasks to complete on this our day off. I gave her a quizzical little smile and she said, “You know this is how I leisure.” Indeed I do, and the smile was more of a realization of that process and how that passion of hers ignites her actions. This is key. You have to find a way to have that passion–especially for the stuff you do not want to do, because once you do that, you start running from it and start becoming successful.