Achieving On Purpose

Read Blog Post Amateur Or Pro? Are you being a professional or an amateur in your business? And heck, what's the difference? Basically, A professional is in it for the long haul. They don't need instant gratification. The amateur expects results straight away, and when that doesn't happen, they get discouraged. A professional still has doubts. They DO feel a little discouraged at times. But they do it anyway. They push through. They feel the fear and the doubts. But they don't let it stop them. They show up day after day. They're consistent. An amateur, however, when the doubts set in, if they're not getting instant results, they let it paralyze them. They might not do any work that day. They might not do any work for the week. Their own self doubts limit them. There's a really cool book by Steven Pressfield called The War of Art. In it he says, "the professional masters the how, and leaves the what and why to the gods". An amateur on the other hand is obsessed with the details. T