I used to work with this guy, we’ll call them Leonard (real person), many years ago. At the end of a project, Leonard had a horrific review, he thought he could skate by on past achievements and not have to put the work in. Turns out his manager thought otherwise and was let go. Leonard pleaded and pleaded and was brought back but with a reduced salary and responsibilities. Two things could have happened at…
How Hard you work determines how successful you’ll be. It’s that simple. If you are not having to work hard, it’s most likely because someone worked hard before you and you are now able to leverage that work. Someone had to work hard for you be successful, it’s either going to be you or someone else.
It’s Gonna Work. It’s Not Gonna Work. It’s Gonna Work. It’s Not Gonna Work. It’s Gonna Work. It’s Not Gonna Work. It’s Gonna Work. It’s Not Gonna Work. You can keep having this discussion with yourself and your team, or you can just try and see how it goes.
They don’t do Hurdles on Hills. Probably because it would be insanely difficult. No one would ever think to try it. You would probably get hurt more often than not. But if you did do it, you would probably develop muscles you never knew you had to propel yourself further up the hill, against gravity past the hill. You would probably need to be more aware of your surroundings when pushing up and you would…
The implicit goal behind any training is growth. It can mask itself in a job, in a game, or in the final outcome of a hobby. But it’s everything before that, which is growing and which matters to those big moments. And yes, training is hard, that’s because you can’t always see the end while you’re doing it. That’s why it’s called training.