How To Accomplish Something

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Transcript

How To Accomplish Something

Years ago, The Grasshopper dropped this little gem on me:“Getting past what you don’t like is the key to accomplishment.”

 Think about that. Even someone as sainted as Mother Teresa probably had people she didn’t care for. But that didn’t stop her from doing what needed to be done.

Too often, we get stuck on what we don’t like—and as a result, we get a whole lot less done.

I had the good fortune (and challenge) of managing some highly skilled radio performers for over a decade. I’ll be honest—there were some folks I didn’t like. And plenty who didn’t like me. But if we wanted to succeed, we had to move past all that noise and focus on the real goal: getting things done.

When we did that, we accomplished a ton. When we didn’t . . . well, not so much.

Whether you're working on your own or with a team, you’re going to run into people—or tasks—you’d rather avoid. But if you let those things derail you, you miss the climb to something greater.

Take me and cleaning rain gutters. I hate it. It’s slimy, bug-infested, and just plain gross. But if clogged gutters are pushing water under my shingles and threatening to ruin my ceilings? Guess what—I’m up on a ladder with a bucket in hand.

Bottom line? Life is full of stuff you don’t like. And if you retreat from all of it, don’t expect to get very far.

One strategy that’s worked for me is this: Do the thing you dislike most—first.

Look at the whole list of what needs to happen, pick the hardest or most annoying task, and get that one done first. Because once you’ve done that, you’ve cleared the biggest hurdle. Everything else feels easier by comparison.

When I put off the hard stuff, it just sits there—it hangs over everything like a cloud. Even the easy stuff gets harder, because my energy is leaking into the thing I’m avoiding.

Take something simple, like unloading a dishwasher. Most folks have their routine: plates, glasses, silverware. For me, the part I dread is sorting the knives, forks, and spoons. If I save that for last, it kind of ruins the whole task. But if I do it first? Boom. Everything else flies by. And I get that little hit of accomplishment when it’s all done.

Here’s the real takeaway: The stuff you don’t like? It’s not a roadblock. It’s part of the road. Use it as a foundation—not a reason to quit.

So the real question is: How soon can you get past what you don’t like . . . and on to what you want to accomplish?

All the best,

John