If you’ve seen the movie Deliver Us From Eva, you’ll know uncompromising is bad. You don’t want to do it. Not to Eva, not to yourself, not to anyone.
Gabrielle Union stars in the movie as Eva, a restaurant health inspector that’s tough as nails with brass balls. And yes, I know Gabrielle is a girl…
Eva is inspecting a restaurant and she tells the manager what she found (something gross) and why she’s writing them up. The manager fears her report so he asks her… Why do you have to be so damn uncompromising? She hissed that she’s being uncompromising so people’s tax dollars aren’t wasted.
So people can eat in restaurants without eating chicken fried rat…
Or biting into a bacon, lettuce, tomato, and toe nail sandwich.
It gets worse, but it’s hilarious. Here’s where you come in…
If wanna get your side hustle going or if you wanna take your skills to the next level? Being uncompromising is how to up your game. When I was sick of selling insurance and I decided to grow my art skills I drew every morning until my infant daughter woke up. Some mornings I had two hours to myself, some mornings I had 10 minutes.
I never knew how much time I’d have but I never stopped. Whether I had 20 minutes or an hour, it didn’t matter. I maximized it the best I could.
Most people approach their personal time like new year’s resolutions. They say, ’I’m gonna cut carbs, ‘fat, sugar, and processed food out of my diet to lose weight’. Within a few days your spouse can’t stand you and you’re ready to attack the neighbor kid for his juice box.
You can get all ambitious and do an hour or two a day but I suggest you start SMALL. Start with one minute a day. You read that right. ONE MINUTE. If you want to be ambitious do five minutes a day. The secret is focusing on making your ‘me time” a daily consistent habit with focused attention. Your time should be like the Drake song, it’s ALL ME.
No phone.
No email.
No distractions.
Not from your kids, not from your family, no one. The demands of your world can wait 60 seconds. And once you master that, go for two minutes. Rinse and repeat. It will get easier and easier. Take it one bite at a time like a well-seasoned Kobe steak.
Adam
P.S. Here’s the link that scene from Deliver Us from Eva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG-fVCOw4hA