Hard Things Take Time
Think about something you are really good at now. Were you good at it the FIRST time you tried? Probably not!
Learning to walk: you fell down hundreds of times before you could walk across a room.
Learning to read: you started with letters, then sounds, then words, then sentences.
Learning to tie shoes: those loops and knots took many, many tries!
Everything worth doing is hard at first, messy in the middle, and beautiful at the end. But you have to get through the hard part and the messy part to reach the beautiful part.
Famous examples:
- Thomas Edison tried over 1,000 times before inventing the light bulb. He said, 'I did not fail. I found 1,000 ways that do not work!'
- Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He practiced even harder and became the greatest player ever.
- Walt Disney was told he had 'no good ideas.' He created Mickey Mouse and Disneyland!
The difference between people who succeed and people who do not is NOT talent. It is PERSISTENCE — the willingness to keep trying.