Excellence comes from repeating the same thing over and over. It isn't motivation that makes you great. It's repeating the same thing everyday.
It's those who draw everyday consistenly, even when they don't feel like it or even when they feel absolutely horrible, who become masters in their discipline. Those that know that succes is just a daily routine will achieve it.
Nowadays we live in a fast and connected world. By a click of a button we are able to see great artworks, photo's, literature, amazing dance moves from around the world. What we fail to see is the years of repetitive work that's required to be able to perform these things. We only see the tip of the iceberg. When we try to become good at something ourselves we fail. We expect improvement and succes to arise far faster than realisticly possible. We compare ourselves to those great artists, see that the difference in what we aspire to be is so incomprehensibly large and thus quit. We fail to see the years of repetitive boring work that is required to reach that level of mastery.
By accepting succes is just a routine, we set aside the unrealistic expectations and simply perform our tasks each day. This makes our goal tangible. We can tick of the boxes each day. We now know that simply by performing each day we come closer to where we want to be.
You need te understand that becomming a master at something is utterly BORING and REPETITIVE. It may at times even be PAINFULL. But IT'S WORTH THE SUCCES!
Jerimiah