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Do you enjoy what you do?

Writer's picture: Peter TeuscherPeter Teuscher


Goals can be great motivators and as a coach, I have helped people to achieve their goals.  Unfortunately, when the achievement of a goal becomes the sole focus of your attention, there is a great deal you will miss out on. We live in a time where patience and focus are in short supply.  Many would prefer to take a pill or find a shortcut to get the result they are looking for. In contrast, others procrastinate or distract themselves due to fear and anxiety. Experience is the most valuable thing we can gain with the time we invest.  So whether we procrastinate, look for shortcuts or distract ourselves to reduce anxiety, we are foregoing valuable experiences. 


Admittedly, I am no exception.  I am good at creating a vision of what I want and, at times, I both look for shortcuts and procrastinate. I find myself consuming a lot of helpful content from the internet.  There are lectures from university professors that I can now watch for free and brilliant articles that I can read to support my work and my understanding of the world.  What do I do with this information?  Although I do integrate some of it into my blog articles and my coaching, if I am honest with myself, I spend far more time consuming than I do producing. 


I also have another concept and outline ready to write a new book but I am waiting to see how the book I published last year sells.  Instead of just writing, which I really enjoy, I want to be reassured that people will buy my book if I write it. The shortcut would be to input my book outline into a large language model (AI) and have it write the book for me.  My admission here is that I have caught myself too worried about outcomes rather than enjoying the process. 


Research has shown that the way to enter the flow state is to engage in a task that is both challenging and enjoyable and allow yourself to become fully absorbed in the activity. This is meant to be the way to peak performance. Shortcuts and distractions would then be the opposite of peak performance.  


If you want to add value, make a difference or achieve your highest potential, it requires doing things that take practice patience and perseverance.  You will grow and learn from this experience, improving yourself and likely adding value to others in the process. Next time you find yourself just wanting to get something over with or find yourself procrastinating, try turning the task into a game or try to remember when doing something similar was really satisfying.  Being fully engaged in what you are doing and finding ways to enjoy the process will contribute to the kind of authentic happiness I often point to in my writing.  

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