This is an excerpt from Seth Godin’s blog today. He is a marketing genius and guru to many in the field. I particular
ly liked this post though because it doesn’t just pertain to marketing.
ly liked this post though because it doesn’t just pertain to marketing.
“Why do
you need to feel like something in order to do the work? They call it
work because it’s difficult, not because it’s something you need to feel
like.
you need to feel like something in order to do the work? They call it
work because it’s difficult, not because it’s something you need to feel
like.
Very few people wake up in the morning and feel like taking
big risks or feel like digging deep for something that has eluded them.
People don’t usually feel like pushing themselves harder than they’ve
pushed before or having conversations that might be uncomfortable.”
How often do we use the phrase, “I don’t feel like it” as an excuse to avoid hard things God asks us to do. What if Moses said, “I don’t feel like going back to Egypt”, or if Jesus decided he didn’t feel like being crucified. The fact is, God asks us to do really hard things that require us to sacrifice our feelings, our wants, and our desires.
God is asking you to do something, so whether you feel like it or not…do it.
