The Best Minute: On grit, being average, and doing what’s right

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I. Angela Duckworth on why grit (effort) is more important than skill:

“Staying on the treadmill is one thing, and I do think it’s related to staying true to our commitments even when we’re not comfortable. But getting back on the treadmill the next day, eager to try again, is in my view even more reflective of grit. Because when you don’t come back the next day—when you permanently turn your back on a commitment—your effort plummets to zero. As a consequence, your skills stop improving, and at the same time, you stop producing anything with whatever skills you have.”

II. Larry Osborne on why Christians should not despair when bad things happen:

Don’t we claim to know how the game of life ends? And if we do, shouldn’t that affect the way we interpret and respond to the Enemy’s short-term victories and temporary advances? If our sins are forgiven and our destiny assured, if we are joint heirs with Jesus and certain he’s coming back to set all wrongs right, then despair and panic over the latest court decision, or even the steady erosion of morality in our culture, hardly seem like appropriate responses.”

2 IDEAS FROM ME

I. It is not a sin to be average. In a day when everyone feels like they have to be great at something, remember that your amazingness relative to someone else is not determinative of your value. For those in Christ, you have nothing to prove and no one to impress.

II. When you're more worried about how you're perceived than doing what is right, it’s a sign you are becoming the person you promised yourself you wouldn’t.

1 RANDOM FACT

Doritos are flammable and can be used as kindling.

Here’s one way to burn off all those empty calories. Set fire to your chips instead of eating them.

If you're ever in a bind, throw some Doritos on the grill and spark them up. Though you can make kindling out of nearly anything, the flavored corn chips are particularly handy because they'll burn for a long time. In fact, most chips will serve as good fire-starters because they're made of flammable hydrocarbons soaked in oil, according to an investigation by The Star. The more covered in powder-flavoring they are, the longer the fire will last.

Source: The Star / Best Life