"The day after the election, Wednesday, November 8, I found out that my good friend Ann Swanson had won her race for a seat on the Pocatello, Idaho, City Council. That was wonderful news. I knew that Ann had worked hard on her campaign. She had been advised that one of the most productive activities she could engage in was simply going door-to-door and becoming a face and a person to as many voters as possible."
"Ann decided that no one was going to outwork her. For months, she knocked on doors. It was a lot of hard work, and it paid off. Ann had one opponent in the election, a woman with party dominance on her side, and Ann beat that opponent 57 percent to 42 percent, the largest margin of victory of any of the Pocatello City Council races."
Ann Swanson won a Pocatello City Council seat 57 percent to 42 percent after months of intensive door-to-door canvassing. She committed to outworking opponents by regularly knocking on doors and involving family in the effort. What began as anticipated slogging became an engaging series of encounters as each house felt like an adventure; she noticed lawn decorations, garden gnomes, flower beds, and unusual displays and photographed scenes along the route. A shift toward curiosity and openness can relieve mundane drudgery and can be intentionally cultivated to make repetitive tasks more interesting and productive.
Read at Psychology Today
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