Comments on: Who says following your dreams shouldn’t be hard?

By: Mr. Miagi's Keeper

Mr. Miagi's Keeper — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:21:08 +0000

Your by no means to old to begin your Martial Arts Training, yet you do need to don’t forget at our age the body takes longer to recuperate.

By: Ben Ledbetter

Ben Ledbetter — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:25:57 +0000

Pam, This is my first time reading your blog and I really like it, especially this post.
I’ve known all too well some of the “bad” hard characteristics you describe. I’ve also known some of the good, too.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:59:13 +0000

Thanks for this great post.I considered the last couple of days to be really rough so I needed to read this.

By: Life is not rocket science

Life is not rocket science — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:19:25 +0000

Is following your passion hard work?

I was recently forwarded a post that said that following your dreams is not necessarily easy – in fact it can be hard. While I agree with the basic elements of this post, I have difficulty with the word ‘hard’. If I’m passionate about it, it ain’t ha…

By: Ravi

Ravi — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:39:03 +0000

Great post. I think a key point you make is one point under what is ‘bad hard’: Trying as hard as you can to appear smart, professional and accomplished in a field you secretly loathe.

Doing what you loathe sucks energy. Doing what you love connects you with your passion. While you may hit challenges, your passion is where you refuel to keep moving forward. To me, if I’m passionate, I don’t see it as work. I may hit frustrations at times, but what I’m doing is my passion, and I’m absolutely clear I’m getting where I want to go. This is simply the how, and the journey is the value, as has been said, of reaching the goal.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:39:04 +0000

Excellent post. I don’t mind things being hard. But I notice my hard things are divided between good hard and bad hard.

For example, I don’t know what really defined my ideal client, but I have some who are pretty close, and others who are nowhere near ideal. Time to cull the ranks.

By: Mark McClure Coaching

Mark McClure Coaching — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:21:24 +0000

Pam – your stirring post reminds me of George Leonard’s book “Mastery” -
in which he talk very honestly (from his Aikido background) of long periods spent on the “plateau” as a necessary (and over time, even lovable) component of striving for mastery.

By: Kathryn/plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.com

Kathryn/plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.com — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:26:49 +0000

Bravo,Pam, for telling it like it is! While it’s true that when we are in the right place at the right time doing the right thing we might feel the wind blessedly at our backs (aka, synchronicity, grace, etc.) there is also an image presented in the I Ching about heaping up, oh, let’s say, one stone at a time, until a mountain is eventually created. In my experience that takes a whole lot of rock piling! But worth it.

By: Cris Cohen

Cris Cohen — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:43:28 +0000

I think a lot of depression and discouragement comes from buying into the myth of the overnight success.

By: Jackie Cameron

Jackie Cameron — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:44:36 +0000

Pam – this is wonderful. Instead of writing my own post on this subject I have just sent my readers over to you. No way I could improve on this message!