What does it mean to do my best? To do my best I must work. That is step one. Work hard and diligently at completing a task to the very best of my ability and skill. But what is the best of my ability and skill? That which when compared to all work done before, is better.
So it is a matter of comparison. If I strive to do my best at all times, it follows that every time I do something it will be “better” than all the other attempts I may have made. Continuous improvement. Doing our best means that we will always get better at what we have done before. That might mean different. It might not mean different.
“Doing my best means what I create will be better than all else before, but limits of time, resources and personal energy may play a role in the final product.”
Final Product = Process * Time (amount * timing) + Resources (Accessible - Nonaccessible) x Personal Energy
Let’s take a look at the limiting factors first. Time plays two roles in the creation of any final product.
First there is the amount of time that it takes to create something. The amount of time it takes is largely dependent on the size of the creation. Second there is the timing that wraps around the amount of time it takes. A good example is that if a project is started toward the end of a work day, and the amount of time needed for the project is greater than the remaining time in the work day, the total amount of time taken for the creation will increase by some factor. If the same project were started with ample time remaining in the work day to complete it, the work would be finished in a lesser amount of time.
The resources available for a final product are traditionally limited by a cost factor. But it is also possible to have limited knowledge. Knowledge resources are the most accessible and easy form of resources to use as an example. With the right access to the right information, resources are not a problem. If we are faced with not having a home to live in or the ability to access a pen and paper, then resources become more of an issue.
What can I control? I can somewhat control time, within the scope of my work day. I can also somewhat control my resources. I can definitely control my personal energy.
Sidebar here - This is my life. This is what I am here for. To write. To create. To share. I keep forgetting that, but once I get in here and start doing it, it becomes crystal clear. I will need to keep getting in the water, keep trying to swim in order to remember more and more often what my calling is.
To write for a living then is to do my best writing every time I write. I want to take the energy and the time and the resources that I have to create something positive, and expand on all three factors in order to allow the universe to work it’s magic through my mind and fingers to create something more powerful than would be possible on my own.
What is nice is that I have continual opportunity to do my best every second of every day until I die. Every single thing in my life I can become better and better at. As time and resources begin to fade my best will change. It may be perceived to be worse, but in fact it will be better. With limited time and resources, best does not always mean better than what happened before. Limiting time and resources comes from a scarcity mindset. A mindset that believes there is not enough time or resources to go around. Instead, live in abundance, knowing that there are plenty of time and resources, more than can be consumed. The possibilities then are endless as to what can be created. The only limiting factor then becomes myself. How I act and behave may limit my ability to do any task.
Unlimited time + Unlimited resources + Unlimited personal energy = Amazing.
I as a human have limited personal energy. I can most definitely increase the amount of energy that I personally have. At some point though, as the limits of human capability are reached, it is possible to transcend the limits we have as humans by allowing the universe to work through us to create something never possible with just human intelligence and energy.
My best is just getting out of the way. My best is letting go more and more fully, more completely each time I sit down to write. My best means every. single. time. I do anything it is better than the last time and all other times. That is the definition of best. Better than all others.
There is more energy in the world than ever previously before thought possible. There is magic everywhere. Unlimited potential. Just show up and get out of the way. Set the stage for the best to come out of all corners of your mind and body. Set the stage for success. Set the stage for success. Set the stage for success.
You may be wondering why I repeat things three times. If I repeat things three times it is because I believe they are true statements that need emphasis in order to push past the resistance of the mind and into being. The mind understands repetition twice, but on the third time, it is somehow ingrained differently. It seems more than redundant. Why would someone repeat the same thing three times unless it was meaningful? Twice could just be a typo. Three times is intentional.
My best is to show up here completely all day every day. To share what is being forged in my life. To put on the page the magic of what I am experiencing. Everything else is just details. I need to keep the first thing the first thing. And I can show it to myself by being rather blunt with myself and others about what it is that is important to me. I haven’t forgotten my inner or my outer purpose. I have only let it be covered up occasionally. My outer purpose is more difficult to align at this time. I want it to be aligned yesterday. I want it to be something special right away and to experience the change in vocation immediately.
But it will take time. I will do my best though, to constantly change my outer life to match my purpose as much as possible. To let things go and allow things to be in the way they are meant to be.
Doing my best means remembering that this is my place of work. This is where I live, right here in the writing. This is my home. I have been called home, and I showed up, and I got out of the way. With more energy and more clarity I can do the same thing again and again. I can show up with enthusiasm even and get out of the way to allow the universe to work through me to accomplish its work.
To write is natural. To breathe is natural. To share is natural. The other things I am consuming and being a part of are not actually for me, but for someone else. I was only wearing the hat for a while, while things got figured out. It is true I may have to continue to wear hats and be involved with things that are not my home turf, I will definitely have to, but I can do it all with the understanding that it is all, every single hat I wear, honing my blade for my true outer purpose.
To write and share is my true outer purpose. To create. To create by allowing the universe to work through me.
Have we forgotten what the basis for our existence rests upon?
We talk about giving 110% to whatever we do, but are we really doing it?
Can we bring being and the universe and all of our existence into the present moment at all times, and allow it to create something that is better than our best?
I think we can.
Go for the gold.
