Are self-doubt and judgment required for success? Do you have to be unhappy with your work to discover the drive to become better? Does judging ourselves make us any better?

• I don't think it does.

When I find myself falling into the trap of judging my work, here's a strategy I use to pull myself back on track:

• I try to remember that each outcome is simply a point along the spectrum of repetitions.

1. Every outcome you can achieve is simply a point along the spectrum of repetitions and time.
2. The number of repetitions you need to put in for a particular goal is dependent on your circumstances, your experiences, your training, and many other factors.
3. Everyone's spectrum of repetitions is unique: your spectrum is different than mine.

It is important to realize is that just because you are at Point A and someone else is at Point C that does not mean you are doing bad work.

In fact, there is no bad work or good work. Just as there is no such thing as a rose seed that is a bad rose bush.

There are just points in time and repetitions completed.

1. Release the desire to define yourself as good or bad.
2. Release the attachment to any individual outcome.
3. If you haven't reached a particular point yet, there is no need to judge yourself because of it.
4. You can't make time go faster and you can't change the number of repetitions you have put in before today.
5. The only thing you can control is the next repetition.