Your Secret Wealth

There are talents that give people an edge over others. Examples vary depending on the field they can be intellectually gifted, they can have stamina to run a marathon or fast-twitch muscle that helps them to outrun their competition on the 100 meters. This describes gifted people and we were not all that lucky, but it is not always a blessing, sometimes it stops us from becoming the best we can be as we rely heavily on that edge to defeat others. Bottom-line, hard work beats talent every time. That is the secret wealth we all have and we can take advantage of.

Hard work means that when others are slacking, you are busy building yourself and your skills. It makes sense that for every minute you go a bit further than your competition and it accumulates over time to become a sizeable advantage. Successful people were not always the fittest for the post, what they lacked in talent, they made up on effort. A good example is FDR, even though he was disabled by poliomyelitis, he still ran and won the race for president. He carefully studied the audience, never let anyone see his crippled walking and was prepared for the smallest of contingencies. He knew that it would take all of him to defeat the opposition and he was ready to make the sacrifice.

It is sometimes better known as work ethics, focusing on diligence and hard work. It is mostly taught at home since an early age but it can also be a habit acquired in adulthood. It is just a matter of setting clear goals, working towards them and not making excuses for our shortfalls. It is normal in society to make excuses, but they can stop us from reaching our goals. Ultimately, hard work yields better results, even if we fail on the first time, if we trust the process and have a robust work ethics we will eventually come up on top and reach our goals.

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