Mike
Carruthers:
The unsung, unexciting, un-sexy ingredient to success
in anything is persistence - in fact…
Daniel
Pink:
Persistence trumps talent. That is, there are massive returns
to doggedness. The world is littered with extremely talented people who didn't
persist. Daniel
Pink, author of the book
The Adventures of Johnny Bunko the Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need… And
if you look at the people who really are making big contributions, many times
they're people who might have (if we had a little dip stick to measure raw talent)
they might have a little less raw talent than some other people but they are extraordinarily
persistent. This is why you have employers who like to hire musicians and athletes.
Why? Because musicians and athletes show up and they practice and they practice
and they practice and they get better at it. Daniel
says if you're going to be successful at anything it has to be something you're
good at and that you enjoy because… You're
more likely to persist in something you're good at and something that you enjoy.
You're less likely to persist in something that you're not very good at, that
you don't enjoy and that doesn't offer you a sense of meaning. One
thing that prevents people from achieving success is the fear of making mistakes. Especially
in large organizations, people show up to work and their goal each day is to not
make a mistake. Basically, you have a 90% chance of not making a mistake if you
take that strategy but you have a 100% chance of never doing anything interesting. At
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