You Either Work on What Matters, or You Work on What Doesn’t

There is nothing in between.

Sometimes, we choose the unimportant because someone else told us to. Sometimes, we lack the energy, physical or mental.

Most of the time, we do it because we’re scared. In our modern world, fear rarely tells us what’s dangerous — it tells us what matters.

Once you’re a proficient writer, it’s easy to churn out more. It’s scary to resist publishing. The fear shows you where the growth is: Repeat yourself forever, or work on bigger things.

It doesn’t matter whether you send emails, juggle numbers, coordinate people, or ship projects. There’s always one that’s important and one that isn’t.

Choose what’s important. And, like Glennon Doyle says, “If you can’t beat the fear — just do it scared.

Nik

Niklas Göke writes for dreamers, doers, and unbroken optimists. A self-taught writer with more than a decade of experience, Nik has published over 2,000 articles. His work has attracted tens of millions of readers and been featured in places like Business Insider, CNBC, Lifehacker, and many others. Nik has self-published 2 books thus far, most recently 2-Minute Pep Talks. Outside of his day job and daily blog, Nik loves reading, video games, and pizza, which he eats plenty a slice of in Munich, Germany, where he resides.