I have this habit—whenever a thought hits me, I make it a point to open my journal and jot it down before it fades.
Last night, flying back to KL on a red-eye, somewhere between sleep and wakefulness, a sentence flashed through my mind: “Anatomy of great outcomes.”
I reached for my phone and captured what followed. Not a structured note—just raw reflections that came tumbling out. I’m sharing them here as they were written:
- It starts with a goal that feels impossible.
- A creeping doubt: Maybe I’m not enough for this.
- A few heartbreaks—sometimes more than a few.
- Fights with people close to you about how things should be done.
- Telling others something great is coming, while secretly feeling like a liar.
- Everyone wants certainty, and you just want them to see what you see…..the promise and opportunity.
- You think it’s within reach, only to realise it was an illusion.
- You get there… and feel strangely empty. Was it worth the pain?
- Then comes quiet confidence. A new path has revealed itself.
- And finally, a lasting sense that you’ve done something incredible.
That was my mid-air journal entry. Felt right to post it today, as a reminder to myself, and maybe to you—that great outcomes are rarely clean or linear. But they’re worth chasing.