Maybe I just think TOO much. Maybe a person who spends so much time thinking about his great dreams and motivations and desires will still come in second to someone who just does the work. I mean if my goal was to become a great pianist.. right now I bet I would spend hours, days, maybe weeks figuring out the perfect plan; everything I'd need to do to become great.... That's what a lot of self help books tell you right.. It's all about writing down your emotions and feelings and plans and deadlines..
but what if I just said " ok.. I like music.. and it's probably smarter for me to just start practicing something than think about all the whys and whens.. "
Bruce Lee said " if you think about something too much, you'll never do it. I think that's my problem. I used music as an example, but my passion is martial arts.. and I do have desire to practice.
What happens is my brain goes to " oh, but what if you aren't practicing perfectly?" .. or " but what if you don't become the perfect martial artist?" what if.. what if.. what if.. Maybe I should just shut my brain off. As americans we are taught to constantly question everything, but wouldn't it be better to just work 99 percent of the time, and ask questions the other 1 percent? Not the other way around? I'd like to come up with some solid sentence I can hold in my mind that encourages me to work INSTEAD of think!
YouTube - Mad TV Bob Newhart Skit - Mo Collins - Stop it
this skit comes to mind.. maybe there is some truth to it. Maybe we just think too damn much and dwell on things that wouldn't even exist if we would just concentrate on something productive. Your mind can only focus on one thing at a time right.. Why even think about negative things?