Ducks in a Row: Hard Work and Initiative
by Miki Saxon
I read an interesting article about hard work vs talent by Ed Latimore.
For those of you (like me) who never heard of Ed Latimore, he is a boxer (12-0 w/7 KOs), who also writes books and is a motivational speaker.
Take a minute to read the whole thing, but here is the most important take-away.
If you have nothing particularly special about your mind or body, you always have hard work. The ability to work your ass off is underrated as a talent because we consider talent something special, unique, and largely unteachable. (…) working your ass off is a talent you can learn.
Along with hard work, you need to develop your initiative.
Initiative is a muscle and you have dozens of opportunities to exercise it every day.
It’s simple.
Anything you notice, large or small, that needs to be done, do it.
That’s all.
Do it and initiative becomes a habit, just like hard work.
And I can pretty much guarantee that those two habits will take you almost anywhere you want to go.
Image credit: Ralf Peter Reimann
