Work Ethic and The Magic Number 10,000
Jan
Keep in mind that work ethic is a vital key to goal achievement. Whatever you do requires a great deal of effort to master. In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell writes about research that shows that it takes 10,000 hours to master something. In that case, you better love what you want to master. It’s a lot of work, but it shouldn’t be too much work.
Million-Dollar Question:
What do you love to do so much, you would do it free, but you do it so well that they will pay you?
(Adapted from Get ALL Fired Up! About Living Your Dreams – Excuse #19)
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