Mindful Monday - Doing the Work

About This Talk

“Do the work” gets said a lot, so Chris unpacks what it means. New outcomes take doing new things in new ways, and the work comes due either way, whether it goes toward thriving or just surviving. Comparing life here to gravity, he asks listeners to see resistance as what builds strength and to be deliberate about the direction they choose.

Key Ideas

• You can’t do new things in old ways and expect a different result, because the mind defaults to old patterns.
• One way or the other you’ll do the work, so it pays to put it in up front.
• Living just to survive is harder than living to thrive, the way neglected health later takes twice the work to catch up.
• Life here runs on resistance, like gravity, and working through resistance is what builds strength in body and mind.
• Be deliberate about your direction; it’s fine to pivot, but the direction you choose is what you attract.

“When we do the work, things happen with us. When we don’t do the work, things happen to us.”