What matters between the process & the result?

We're often told not to focus on the result, that the process is its own reward. To focus on the outcome is seen as a weakness. Caring about it is a blemish on the purity of the journey we've set out on. But, let's be honest, we can't help caring.

Because innately, if we work hard to get somewhere, we must care about the result, goal, and destination. So, maybe the problem with focusing on the process is equal to focusing on the result itself. There is a rush to move towards an endpoint, and let's be honest, as tense as it might make us, it also gives us a dose of adrenaline.

My first book comes out in a little over a week, and I'm a bottle of nerves. I can't help myself from looking at that date on the calendar, wondering what everyone will think about it, what they'll take from it and what people get from it is inherently something I care deeply about. If I didn't care, then I haven't enjoyed the process of creating it, the journey to realising its every page.

And therein, I think, lies the answer. The issue isn't about the journey or the destination. It's about trying to weigh one over the other. They both hold value, and in their balance lies your satisfaction and your guiding light to your next steps in life. And as I say in my book,

"It's not about what's bigger or more important between the journey and the destination, but how they balance each other in the overall scheme of things and what they achieve in every moment. That's the whole point of journeys and destinations—every step of the journey gives us a new destination."

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Weekly Recommendations

➡️ A great Live chat between Bob Iger ( the ex-Disney Chairman/CEO) and Kara Swisher

➡️ Guy Raz speaks to David Epstein on Generalists

➡️ And an interesting deep dive into the ruts and routines that writers ( and most of us) go through.

My Podcasts for the week

The Varun Duggi show👇🏽

Advertising is Dead👇🏽

Think fast👇🏽

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