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When you ask for something in professional life and
it is denied to you, imagine that the no you heard is
really a question: “Can’t you be more creative than that?”
Never accept no at face value. Let rejection motivate
you to get more creative.
83. Take the road to somewhere
Energy comes from purpose. If the left side of your
brain tells the right side of your brain that there’s a
sufficient crisis, the right side sends you energy, some-
times superhuman energy.
That’s why there’s such a difference between people
who set and achieve goals all day, and people who just
do whatever comes up, or whatever they feel like do-
ing. To one person, there is always added purpose. To
the other, there is boredom and confusion, the two great-
est robbers of energy.
Knowing what you’re up to, and why you’re up to it,
gives you the energy to self-motivate. Not knowing your
purpose drains you of all motivation.
We’ve all heard the stories of the diminutive mother
who, seeing that her small child was trapped, lifted a
tremendously heavy object, such as a car, so the child
could be freed. When asked to repeat the superhuman
feat later, of course the woman couldn’t do it.
Being a single father has put me in touch with the
dramatic connection between purpose and energy. If I
am cooking something, for example, and out of the cor-
ner of my eye I can see flames emerging from the kitchen,
it is amazing how fast I can move from the living room
into the kitchen. Crisis creates instant purpose, which
creates instant energy.