⏱️ Doing > dreaming & and why talent is overrated
💡 THOUGHTS FROM ME
I. Don’t just dream, do.
The imagined success will only come through action. “Someday” will never arrive unless you start now.
Every single person who is doing what you wish to be doing took action.
Get it out of your head and into the world. If not, someday will always and only be just that.
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II. It is easy to simply credit the talent of everyone who succeeds. The problem is that mere talent isn't the reason why most people succeed.
Many talented athletes, musicians, and scholars never reach their projected potential. Conversely, some seemingly unheralded people in these same fields emerge and find great success.
Star Search (a popular TV talent show in the 80s and 90s) rejected each of these now-famous performers during their respective seasons, choosing other contestants to win:
Ray Romano
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Justin Timberlake
Usher
Beyoncé
Today, everyone would call these individuals talented. So what happened?
Success often looks like talent, but it's really the result of training and developing natural ability, persistent effort over the long haul, and a touch of luck.
Before you blame a lack of talent, can you honestly say you've invested the years of continual time and effort needed to succeed?
If you do, people will eventually call you talented. But you'll know you earned every bit of it.
💬 1 HELPFUL QUOTE
Dr. Nicole LePera on how to raise resilient kids:
Healthy parenting means allowing children to struggle. To be hurt, frustrated, and to make mistakes without being rescued. Instead of “I just want my child to be happy” we need: “I want my child to be able to cope with everything life brings.”
📖 1 BRIEF BOOK REVIEW
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
A book about what would happen if nuclear took place.
This book was both fascinating and super informative. A non-fiction book that is written as a fictitious story: What would nuclear war actually look like?"
The amount of study and research in this book must have been massive. And yet it was presented in a fairly easy to understand manner (as much as something like this can be explained in layman’s terms).
You'll learn a lot about nuclear missiles, who has them, and what the United States would do in an attack.
It was a gripping read and hard to put down.
10/10
