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What Ever Happened To Hard Work?
July 9, 2010 by Ryan Krane · Leave a Comment
Like everyone else, you want results. Like everyone else, you want to progress and grow in every aspect of your life: work, relationships, fitness, clarity of mind. Do you have what it takes to succeed? Do you have the patience, persistence, endurance and back-bone needed to put in the hard work necessary to succeed?
Even though history has shown that progress takes time and is never guaranteed, so many people continue to want (and sometimes even expect!) immediate results….
Where does this impatient desire for instant gratification come from?
-movies, TV shows and infomercials that fail to portray realistically the trials and hardships necessary to succeed (and that even then, as was discussed in last week’s newsletter, success is never a given result)
-parents who fail to challenge and prepare their children for failure (and overcoming failure through hard work)
-technology has made many of us grow accustomed to instantaneous answers to our questions (Google has replaced the hard work of memorizing information … but at what cost?)
Thomas Edison once said, “Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. As a result, genius is often a talented person who has simply done all of his homework.”
Wanting Results vs. Earning Results
If you really want results, you’re going to have to earn them. There is no shortcut to a healthy body and mind. Look at the champions of any sport: Jordan, Ali, Federer … What do they have in common? Aside from the 1% of genius, they all followed through on the other 99% … the patience, persistence, endurance and back-bone.
Do YOU have what it takes?
