RealGrit 101

1. Focused;
2. determined;
3. principled;
4. knowing.
5. And of course:
6. doing.
7. Real Grit...
8. History simply for reference not recrimination.
9. This is not a movie: this is for real.
10. I rather than he or she.
11. We rather than they.
12. On time every time.
13. In the room; totally full on 100% present.
14. Solution seeking: you simply don’t do complaining;
15. “it spoils my day”, you say.
16. Real Grit...
17. Finding your thing;
18. doing your thing;
19. executing it better, far better than anybody else…
20. on the planet.
21. Loving hard, smart work.
22. And smart, hard work.
23. What’s necessary,
24. when it’s necessary.
25. Squeezing out the demons of doubt;
26. knowing the dark side has possibilities simply because few else will visit it and explore.
27. "it is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for witnessing your own" Jessamyn West
28. Beyond distraction: e-mail pinging, facebook checking and cookie crumbling...
29. Loving handy routes to delivery: the master list, the wall planner and the daily bouts at the boxing bag.
30. "every bit of writing starts with grit: a sight or sound or sentence or happening that does not pass away but quite inexplicably lodges in the mind" Rumer Godden
31. Getting your unpolluted story out into the crowd:
32. this is who I am...
33. this is what I do...
34. this is why you need me...
35. this is the extraordinary value I offer...
36. Remembering:
37. you don’t have to listen to their negative comments simply because they are scared of what success might bring to you. OR THEM.
38. That you want to do meaningful work even if that takes a decade to get up-and-running as a career.
39. And it probably will.
40. But you can hack it.
41. Real Grit...
42. Planning your quest:
43. over hill;
44. beyond dale;
45. across mountains;
46. via dried-up river beds;
47. over-night camps;
48. days without proper food.
49. Eating frugally:
50. but becoming lean and mean;
51. and fighting fit
52. Thinking what could I do?
53. If I didn’t worry so much!
54. If I got on with it..
55. If didn't expect total clarity always.
56. That I realised that excellence came with:
57. repeated execution,
58. with learning from mistakes,
59. from hanging out with the best,
60. from simply being determined.
61. But
62. but
63. but
64. Is it really that simple?
65. Can't I have an excuse?
66. Is it as simple as 'grit'.
67. simply persevering
68. hanging on in there
69. knowing one's vision.
70. Sure.
71. So: no excuses?
72. No. No excuses.
73. No loopholes?
74. No. No loopholes.
75. "a grindstone that had no grit in it: how long would that take to sharpen an axe; and the affairs of man without grit: how long would they take to make a man? Henry Ward Beecher
76. Get up;
77. deliver to the highest of standards;
78. consistently.
79. Works
80. every
81. damn time.
82. Excellence has little competition.
83. Delivering excellence is a joy.
84. Excellence knocks their socks off.
85. Excellence secures your career.
86. Excellence gets you well paid.
87. Excellence comes with added
88. Grit:
89. determined
90. long-term thinker
91. goal-driven
92. willing to ride with dust in their mouth
93. happy to survive on just beans for a few days
94. consistently delivers.
95. Grit:
96. makes
97. you
98. the
99. person
100. you need to be.
101. And gets you the life you want to have.