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The key part of the article for me is this: I don't practice every day because I'm disciplined. I practice every day because I'm obsessed. I love dancing and m
by rfugger 13y ago
The key part of the article for me is this:
I don't practice every day because I'm disciplined. I practice every day because I'm obsessed. I love dancing and my body craves it. If I didn't have this raw hunger, there's no way I would've had the discipline to practice every day.
This raw hunger is the part you can't fake. You might think you want something, but once you take a few steps toward it, you lose your drive. The trick seems to be connecting with a deep-down genuine intuitive desire and going with it. Once you're on that train, it's hard to imagine not walking the path towards your goal every day. More interesting than how to walk the path, for me, is how to find genuine hunger inside yourself...
- karenxcheng 13y agoHey, I'm the dancer in the video. Totally agree with connecting with that deep-down hunger. I've tried many things - and quit many things. It's okay to quit. Quitting gives you the freedom to find the thing that you are truly passionate about.
- stephengillie 13y agoThat's a great point. I think we hear "winners never quit" so often that we think quitting is a "bad thing". But it's important to quit what you don't like to do so you don't lose that passion. Passion is something that has been coming up in job interviews lately. Recruiters and managers keep saying "Your technical skills are great, but we didn't think you were passionate enough" and asking "What is it that really drives you?". After spending my teens and 20s learning to accept that I can't have what I want, I'm having it thrust in front of me with people asking why I don't act like I want it.
- pbhjpbhj 13y agoWhen you quit, do you have sight of what you're quitting for. "I'll quit baking and try bodyart" or just quit and then search for what to try next? I get bored. I genuinely feel that there's no activity or occupation I can remain passionate about for more than a couple of years at most.
- zaphar 13y agoThis one thing is why I'm a programmer by profession. I still code almost everyday. Lots of it is just playing around and will never actually be published to the world. It's practice. I've never gone to school for it. It's just something I couldn't stop doing. I'm obsessed. Now I work for google. People assume I must be epic smart when they hear I work for google. The reality is I'm just obsessed.
- unoti 13y agoStart by eating right, exercising, and forcing yourself. pick a small goal and achieve it. These things can help you establish a pattern of self discipline. Part of it can be fake it till you make it. But getting yourself moving, and the exercise part, can help get yourself into the right frame of mind and help defeat certain kinds of problems that can interfere with finding your drive.