Working When You Don't Want To

Today is one of those days that I just don't feel like working. I think it is because I am tired, work is work, and it is a rainy day. I just feel like curling up with a good book and something cozy.

And that would be all well and good if I didn't want to make a living in the art business. But since I do, I can't let my moods affect my work schedule or my progress. I may change the order of how I do things, and which work I choose to do on a certain day depending on my mood, but each day I want to be able to progress forward in the direction that I have planned out.

Because, you know what? This may be the very day that my perfect target customer will walk in the door. Or I may get the phone call that I have been waiting for. And I don't want to miss it.

It is the consistency of moving forward a little bit every day that makes people successful. It is working when they don't feel like it, and forcing themselves to greet people in a friendly manner even if they want to be alone that day. These are the behaviors of someone successful.

But if you don't want to succeed, just go ahead and read that book. I have one to suggest for you. How Successful People Think by John C. Maxwell

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