From the Desk of Keith Hafner 

It’s Supposed to be Boring!

I was talking with a friend of mine.  I knew she belonged to a local health club and I asked her how her exercise program was coming.

‘I haven’t been going.  I think I need to find something new to try.  I did it for quite a while…but it just got to be so boring.’

Many, many people stop doing things for exactly this reason.

Here is what you need to know:

It’s SUPPOSED to be boring.

Whether it’s fitness or trying to master a new skill, or any other challenge…Don’t expect it to be exciting.  It’s not entertainment.

Expect it to be EFFECTIVE.  To produce the type of results you are after.

Expecting it to also be exciting or entertaining is asking something of the activity that it’s not meant to provide.

You don’t brush your teeth each day expecting it to be exciting. No.  You brush them so that it will be effective.

Successful people can put up with many things that would bore unsuccessful people out of their minds.

‘So, I must resign myself to a life of boredom?’ you ask.

Nope.  The steps to success ARE often boring.  The RESULTS — great personal relationships; career advancement; freedom and wealth — are, indeed, thrilling!