or is it? 

If you really have have the heart for something would you do everything in your power to be the best at what ever it is your heart desires? 

This dilemma of seeing the potential, the heart, the desire but still coming up short. Still not finishing projects. Still not keeping up with everyone around you. For a long time that gap between me and others, or me and projects seemed so large. The deception of my potential was haunting. All the typical doubts of not being good enough, not retaining the skills needed, not having enough talent. All those added to this daunting gap inside my mind.

But now that gap seems so much smaller. Its within arms reach, but my work ethic just doesn’t seem to match the potential. For people who know me, this seems insane to even say. I am known to be a workaholic, but I have been working hard in a very dumb fashion. Time to work smart. Not hard. Right? You hear this a million times… but it comes down to a simple equation:

Potential + Work Ethic x Heart = Desire’s Attained 

A simple equation. Now how much of each you put in determines how much you can attain. 

So go attain it… there is no excuse and time does run out. So don’t let your potential fool you into working less. Don’t let your heart blind you from the possibilities. Don’t let your work ethic hinder your desires. 

 ** a note to help inspire myself, and maybe inspire you. thanks for reading**

A lo largo de los últimos 5 años, los mismos casi que tiene este blog, me he concentrado tremendamente en mi trabajo, en Google, en mis empresas, en producir más y mejor: toda mi energía ha estado concentrada en esto. Mis amigos, mi familia, mis parejas, las personas y los sentimientos pasaron a un segundo plano ante la prioridad de mis ambiciones.

Toca ahora otra cosa. No sé de qué estará hecha, pero otra cosa. Toca volver a saber perder el tiempo, a disfrutar de la mediocridad anodina de lo conocido, del sosiego de lo callado. La vida nos engaña con un falso exceso de confianza producido por las agendas apretadas, la manipulación de otros y las vanidades fugaces. Pero es una falsa seguridad que enseguida se desploma ante la estocada más inesperada pero acertada. La auténtica seguridad está en otra cosa.

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Over the last 5 years I have focused my work tremendously on Google, in my business, to produce more and better: all my energy has been focused on this. My friends, my family, my partners, people and feelings have taken a back seat to the priority of my ambitions.

It is now something else. I do not know what will be done, but something else. It time to return to knowing how to waste time, to enjoy the bland mediocrity of the familiar, the tranquility of the quiet. Life deceives us into a false complacency produced by busy schedules, handling and other fleeting vanities. But it is a false security which immediately before the blow falls most unexpected but successful. The real security is something else.

I gave this advice today:

“…Focus on  your music as if it’s life or death…”

I know extreme right? So I started thinking about the things I would die for. 

Family members are a given, and some really close friends. But then I started thinking besides that what would I die for?  What would you die for? 

What is that? 

Its in the Nightmares that you grow the most and learn your things about yourself. Your own deepest secrets are revealed. But be weary of the mind at times your Thoughts seem to be your only friend, but the truth is that your mind is selfish and wants you all to themselves. Don’t let your mind fool you, especially when life is too short to let it get the best of you. 

realeyesart:

thoughts, that float above and beneath your head. that haunt and make you smile. some are gifts and others nightmares. lately,for me they’ve been nightmares. no one understands, no one knows. but im still alive. :/