We all want results. Unfortunately too often we expect Fast ones. Visible ones. The kind that make people say, “How’d you do that?” Thanks Amazon…
But behind every meaningful result behind every transformation and breakthrough is actually a long process of set-backs, lessons learned, and caluses.
Grit is not flashy. Frit doesn’t go viral. But it’s the thing that separates people who try from people who actually finish.And if you want to build it, this is where it starts.
If you're serious about becoming someone who finishes what they start, you have to start enjoying the learning that come with the long process that is required to gain traction that is lasting.
Too many people quit not because they’re incapable, but because they expected it to be quick. Grit begins when you accept that this is not a microwave scenario. It’s more of a crockpot kind of process.
Grit doesn’t show up on demand, but every day you show up, especially when it’s inconvenient or thankless, you prove to yourself that you're in it for real.
How to you build grit?
You don’t build grit by reading about it.
You build it by choosing hard things, on purpose. That’s right, intentionally doing hard things. That is why ost people don’t have grit.
Wake up when your alarm goes off the first time. Finish the workout even when your legs are shaking. Speak up in that meeting. Push send on that uncomfortable email.
Over time, those daily decisions stack up. They don’t just build discipline, they build identity. And once you become someone who doesn’t back down, it changes everything how you show up and engage during hard things.
With Grit, there is one uncomfortable truth: motivation is a liar.
Everyone wants to talk about motivation. “Let’s get motivated.” Motivation actually makes big promises in the beginning. You feel pumped, focused, invincible. Then life happens. Stress piles up. Results don’t show fast enough. And just like that, motivation deflates like a balloon that is let loose with no knot to keep the air in.
Grit is what steps in when motivation bails. It says, “We’re doing this anyway.”
If you only act when you feel like it, results will always be held hostage by your mood. But if you train yourself to show up no matter what if you are tired, frustrated, bored, anxious you take your power back.
This is how champions are made. Not with hype, but with follow-through.
You don’t need more motivation. You don’t need a life coach. You don’t need a breakthrough.
You just need to start. Stay consistent. And trust that every small act of perseverance is building something unshakable.
This is how you build grit:
Accept the long haul.
Do the hard thing even when it’s small.
Show up, especially when you don’t want to.
Repeat that enough times, and you won’t need to act gritty anymore, you’ll be gritty.
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