No Signals Volume II | Page 7

I believe there's a reason behind every type of work we do, but we have to realize what we're doing should not come off as being work to ourselves but a hobby. The word Work is such demanding and hardcore word that I’ve decided to refrain from saying I'm working and substituting it with practicing and preparing. I'm preparing to be the best I can be, so I must practice my craft hard to be an expert in that area. Being an overnight success doesn't happen for everybody, that preparation in studying your lesson, exercising in the gym, being aware of your finances, and staying steadfast in prayer will allow you to be ready for anything that comes your way. Why?

It's because you've been working, excuse me, preparing this whole time regardless if a particular event were to happen or not. When someone ask you, who do you work for? Try this response, I am preparing for___________________ you fill in the rest. If what you are preparing for doesn’t make sense to you, maybe you should reevaluate what you’re doing.

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In time I will be better than who I was a year ago, in time you will be better than who you were a week ago. In time your dedication, persistence, and efforts will be too hard to look over. In time your wonders, anxiety, and curiosity will cease to exist because you know you are headed in the right direction. In time, your peers will be able to comprehend your mindset, your focus, and your train of thought of why you push yourself so hard to be better. It can come off to others that you're competing against someone else, quota, or perception when you're truly competing against yourself. You are your own competition, is it a winless battle? I think not, you never know how much you can learn, understand, do, or think unless you steer your mind to increase your capacity to do such tasks.

You may ask yourself when will my preparation start clicking the way I want it to, when will it become easy for me to apprehend it at a split second. Understand, the more you prepare, study, learn, and be consistent, overtime, what took you an hour, a week, a month, a year, or years to master is

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