“I’m going to be famous” is a wish. “I’m going to be good” is a plan you can start today.

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Wanting to be known depends on thousands of strangers deciding something about you, which puts the whole project outside your control. Wanting to be good depends on hours, attention and correction, all of which are available this afternoon. One is a wish with no first step. The other has an obvious first step and tends, eventually, to produce the first one anyway.

Convert what you want into a version that starts today. Not a bigger audience but a better hour of practice. Decide what good would look like in six months, then work out what Thursday needs to contain.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Could you turn one of your wishes into something you practice?

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