Maybe you’ve heard the old joke: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Answer, practice, practice, practice. After you stop laughing I will continue 1,2,3, OK… many of us bought that tale or some version of it. Just keep practicing, trying harder and you’ll make it kid… you can do anything you put your mind to, and on and on. The truth is without the talent and giftedness the hard work will remain hard work. With your intended goal alluding you a harsh reality sets in.
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players that has ever lived. After he retired from basketball he decided he wanted to try his hand at baseball. In the words of Tom Rath, “…the power of raw talent on the basketball court, did not become, well, the “Michael Jordan” of …baseball, no matter how hard he tried.”
Many of us were told in school when we didn’t do well in a subject, we had to work harder in that subject. 77% of parents in the United States think that a student’s lowest grade deserves the most attention. In his NY times bestselling book Strength Finders, Tom Rath follows with, ” Parents and teachers reward excellence with apathy instead of investing more time in the area a child has the most potential for greatness.” Digest that thought and ask yourself, am I playing to my strengths or to my weaknesses? Am I investing my time, money and energy in the right places?
With passion and sound investing, Carnegie Hall or your version of it, is doable.
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