A friend of mine told me about his teenage son recently. He told me how hard his boy has been working out in preparation for college baseball and how consistent it’s been. “He’s always been a hard worker, but he’s embraced a complete commitment to the work. It’s been fun to watch.”
I made the observation that if his son will just continue to work at that level of commitment for the next two years, then he will have a huge advantage over other kids near his age by the time he’s 20-years-old.
Nothing special. Nothing extraordinary. Nothing even remotely complicated. His work between now and then will separate him from the athletes who took a more average approach. Or his work will drift toward average, he will become part of that mountain, and some other hard worker in the background will earn the coveted rewards of that separation.
Is your situation much different than this? Change a few pieces of context and this story is about you.
Fundamentally simple work . . . with focused purpose . . . at intense effort . . . over a meaningful length of time . . . eventually separates those who gain value from those who lose it.
It’s separation season.
Everything is training for something. Do the work.
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