Mats Trane Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Nice article and video about whats more important than talent.http://changingthegameproject.com/more-important-than-talent/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Eames Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Good stuff. I've been trying to explain this work ethic to my daughter. Not easy, but I will suffer in trying to get it through to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Davies Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Good stuff. I've been trying to explain this work ethic to my daughter. Not easy, but I will suffer in trying to get it through to her.I see what you did there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Davies Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 "The true vision of a champion is someone bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching." Good read. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Eames Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I see what you did there... Hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Curtis Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Love the general message, but I think "suffer" may not be the best word. It reminds me of Eckhart Tolle pointing out the big difference between pain and suffering. Pain is being in discomfort. Suffering is when you judge the pain/discomfort as bad and unacceptable. Going by that definition, I think it's more accurate to say that successful people are willing to "suffer" simply because they don't label the pain as "suffering". Instead, they accept the pain of hard training completely. They accept that it is necessary for what they want to do. They accept it will pass, but the satisfaction of who they will become - resulting from that training - will remain. They are certainly not "suffering". If they're really good, they probably enjoy the pain. Two examples: Wayne Gretzky: "The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me." Arnold Schwarzenegger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZqfUzax3kE 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Pelton-Stroud Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 @Wheezer, I think that's a great re-phrasing, and I appreciate the Tolle reference. @Mats Trane, Thanks for the awesome video. "Willingness to suffer", "Grit", "Resilience", and the like have all been highlighted as the common element between successful people of any endeavor be it sports, music, science, school, business, you name it. Time to go practice HS/PE2>iM some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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