It can never be about outcome otherwise you will grow bitter and resentful.
As trite as it sounds, it has to be about the journey.
If you want to be a great golfer, you have to fall in love with the driving range.
If you want to be a great baseball player, you have to fall in love with the batting cage.
If you want to be a great writer, you have to fall in love with doing immense amounts of crappy writing in isolation.
If you want to be a bodybuilder, you must fall in love with the gym.
We see the outcomes of these tasks—replace them with whatever resonates with you—but fail to see the titanic effort and work that goes largely unseen to reach the stage.
Fact is, anybody who’s ever made it, finds a way to fall in love with the grind. Sure, there are goals and golden coins along the way, but what you find is that when you fall in love with the practice the outcomes will take care of themselves.
