I woke up this morning feeling bad about the lacks in my work at Acta. The flaws. The missing growth. The mountain of work in front of me to make things work. But I realized this judgement of myself is not serving me, or my work.
To me, things are just as they are. Our judgement of good or bad exists just in our minds. The thing that seems bad to one person seems good to another when framed as an opportunity.
This is why detachment matters.
Every day, you need to get up, do the work that is in front of you, closing the gap between where you are now and where you want to be.
This is what progress looks like. And whether things work or don't work, it is not good or bad. It is more like a physical condition: does the LED turn on or not? The additional judgement we add in our minds doesn't serve us or our work.
Just look at things soberly.
This state is obviously an ideal. The real world is messier than that. But the moment our nervous system, past experiences, and triggers take over, it is our task to notice that and find our way back to the objective state of just seeing things for what they are.
This is where powerful decisions emerge. Where you identify the gap. And work toward closing it. Bit by bit.
A calm spirit. Genuine actions. And detachment from the outcomes you don't control.
Reframe it.