If you ever had a teenager (which I do) then you know they have a completely different perspective on what is “hard”.  Sometimes in their not-so-fully-developed brains, taking out the garbage or doing the dishes can seem like 10 years of breaking rocks —ooooh, if they only knew )

Unfortunately, looking at any task as “hard” can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.  The label “hard” can literally suck the energy right out of a person.  Can it be that there is (pardon the expression) an easier way to looking at hard tasks?…

Difficult is nothing more than an arbitrary judgment. Effort is effort, and you can do it if you choose.  Instead of obsessing over how difficult or easy it is, just do it. Focus on the result and, what’s even more important, your reason for making it happen.

       Ralph Marston

It is amazing what we can accomplish when we take the energy we use obsessing on how much work something will take and use it to focus on just getting it done.   Did you ever accomplish something significant because you didn’t know it was supposed to be “hard”, yet everyone else did?  Labeling something as hard or difficult never serves you, obsessing over it will stop you in your tracks.  If it needs to be done, don’t think about it, just do it —it’s really that simple.