The Philosophy
Understanding & Embracing Progression as a strategic development approach
It’s low-key anxiety, when I feel like I can’t settle or have peace of mind when I’m on a task. Maybe it’s because…
- I’m behind on something or…
- I should be doing something else or…
- Maybe what I’m doing isn’t as important as this other task but it has to be done by a deadline or…
- Maybe the thing that I’m doing requires more development, decision-making time that I don’t have or…
- Maybe something feels off about it like maybe I’m missing a step or…
- I know I’m not making the best decision…
It’s low-key because it’s an everyday type of anxiety and stress that everyone deals with, some more intense or sustained than others. That everyone just learns to deal with. And so I just start to believe maybe that’s just how life is. So what then? Life is about learning how to manage that stress, maybe creating distractions like hobbies, vacations, working out, entertainment, social media, etc. But then I think having these other areas of enjoyment just so I can get through my day of low-key stress from work, life, whatever just seems discouraging and disheartening.
You feel like there’s something more. You want to do something, but you don’t know what and you don’t know how. Somewhere deep down you feel like there’s a better way – you’re just not getting the most out of life. You want to accomplish that big dream of yours or you just want to feel better everyday, better state of mind, less stress, less anxiety, more balance, clarity, focus, less turbulence and chaos. Your mind is in the future, thinking about the past, trying to calculate patterns so you can make decisions, pulling you out of the present. You can’t stay in the moment. Low-key anxiety, low-key depression, low-key panic, always in a state of fear.
Objectives
Adopting a progression approach will give you a longer sustained drive toward your goal and objectives. It will help you avoid burnout, resistance points which in turn will have less risk of quitting or giving up. This is the method for those of us who aren’t wired to go 110% 3 days a week and recover for the other 4. This is for those that want to “enjoy” the process, get in flowstate 7 out of 7 days a week, as a way of life, way of thinking, way of growing. There is a way to progress and maximize your abilities without going the 110% no-pain, no-gain route.
If that sounds like you and you want to see how far you can go, if you want to reach your highest potential, take on the progression approach. A strategic progression approach, manageable, systematic, obvious and sustainable. Most people would agree that progressions are a valid approach but don’t have a systematic way of implementing them, and then don’t have built-in response to when it stagnates, start facing obstacles or gets discouraging. Take on the mindset that it will take years instead of months or weeks, it’s not sexy, it’s not very exciting but it’s transformative, foundational, besides you’re going to be doing something the next few years why not build progressions instead of looping through cycles of the old “normal” way of doing things.