It is always hard before it gets easy

What a start to 2011 - Water, water everywhere. The flooding around the country has been phenomenal!

It has been fascinating to observe the resilience of many individuals in the affected areas; so many of them having suffered a massive loss. They are in a tough spot but, with help and support, every day becomes that little bit easier.

The German poet and philosopher Goethe said: “Everything is hard before it gets easy”. This simple saying has a great deal of comfort and meaning to it, and certainly applies to the current flood situation.

I’ve gone to many seminars where the pretence was about “seeking the line of least resistance” to get to the end-game.

In truth that is sometimes not possible; there has to be a breakthrough to move to the next level. There has to be a difficulty before the reward is realised

There are some things that are just plain hard! When they become easy for you, it means that you have achieved a level of mastery and have moved to another level. Then the hard starts all over again in order for you to move to the next level again.

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If we understand that “everything is hard before it gets easy” it allows us to deal with the problems we face daily knowing there is that “light at the end of the tunnel”.

Set your intention…. Realise “everything is hard before it gets easy”….Achieve those small wins.....Watch the results!

To your outstanding results in 2011!

Phil