The quote on my office door this month reads, "Nothing will work unless you do".
I think this is applies not only to your job, but to many things in life.
Take sports, for example. Those soccer players today didn't just walk out onto the field and magically play well. Sure, they have baseline talent, but that talent was drilled and honed with sweat (and probably blood) over many years. Pro sport players don't sit on the couch during their entire off season- they train and prep for the next round of competition.
And although our Friday night volleyball league is far from professional, some of us took a cue from those that are and decided to practice tonight. We have a sand volleyball pit at a park nearby, and so we decided to go and work out some of our kinks.
We each chose something that we would like to get better at, then we did drills to help each other with our goals. It wasn't long until we were working up a sweat- but it also wasn't long before we started to see some improvement.
A group of people showed up and we played a pick-up game, then went back to our practicing for another hour or so. Our kids experienced role reversal- having to sit on the sidelines and watch us practice was definitely a new adventure for them.
By the time we left, I think we all felt a little better about the areas we know we need to work on. None of us are where we want to be yet, but it was nice to have others around you that both support you but tell you when your'e doing something wrong. Because the truth is, you don't get better at anything in life if you can't accept feedback on what you need to improve.
So tonight's picture represents both hard work and team work. Don't think that what you want will fall in your lap- you will wind up waiting a long time. Go out and work for it, and help others along the way. Your success will be that much sweeter!
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