One twig at a time
There is no real secret to getting things done.
Starting is the best way to….er… start.
And then just make sure you finish what you start.
In between those two points is a thing called hard work.
That’s it.
We think there must be more to it than that.
But the truth is getting things done is a simple thing.
Right now, I can see the crows building their nests in the trees that I can see from The Do Lectures shed window.
I see them flying back and forth.
Each time with another twig in their beak.
Their nests are being built slowly.
One twig at a time.
Things that put us off doing.
We don’t like leaving the comfort zone. But the real truth is we don’t like leaving the comfort of our armchairs and switching the Television off. We don’t like sacrifice. If the crow had a log fire, a nice glass of whisky, something good on the television, the nest wouldn’t get built.
The task is too big. So we don’t start. Try not to think of the nest. Just think in terms of a twig. We cope better when tasks are broken down into small bits.
We don’t have a deadline. The crow is lucky. It has to build the nest before the darn eggs arrive. If you don’t have a deadline, create one.
