It was an ill-timed request, but hey, it happens. “Can you help with a short pitch deck for this thingy?” It was a medium-busy Thursday, and I sat on trains and cars without internet access for most of the afternoon. Still, I felt bad about not getting to it faster.
The next morning, I started right away. Then, my colleague and I sat together for a good 90 minutes and whipped it into shape. Not bad! Suddenly, we were about 80% of the way there. All because we had hunkered down and simply pushed the projected as far as it needed to be pushed in that moment.
It’s never too late for that, you know? To sit down, roll up your sleeves, and do the work until you pull through. Hard work has no expiry date.
This applies to more immediate tasks as it does to passion projects long abandoned. Pick something, pick it back up, and drive it as far as you can in a day. You’ll be surprised at how far you can go with a bit of urgency and focus.
Hard work is always in your back pocket—and most feelings of stress or anxiety go away when you play that card.
