Yo, today's QOD is talent counts, but effort counts twice. Here we go

Welcome back to the quote of the day show, I'm your hope, Sean Croxton,

a Sean Croxton.com. We got a brand new speaker on the show today. Her name is

Angela Duckworth, author of the hugely popular book called Grid. And today she's

talking about the difference between talent and effort. This reminds me of one of

my favorite Will Smith quotes. He goes like this, talent you have naturally.

Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft. And it

reminds me of Kobe Bryant, somebody who was incredibly talented, but did not

just rely upon his talent. Remember Kobe talked about those three training

sessions, you know, we we we work out from I think it was like 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. And

then I come home and I you know play with the kids and such and then I go back

from like 12 to 2. And then I come home and do this and with that and the other

and then I go back from 6 to 8. And that's what made Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant.

There are a lot of people in the NBA, a lot of players in the NBA who are

talented, but don't put hours and hours and hours into beating on their craft.

So they never become superstars. They never become great because they don't

put in the effort and they just rely upon their talent. They just depend upon

their talent. So you got to ask yourself, are you doing that? Or are you practicing?

Are you getting better every single day because if you're going to get complacent,

if you're just going to rely on your talent and not actually do any work and not

practice, there is somebody else, probably many somebody else's behind the scenes

who are working their tails off. And at some point, they're going to pass you up.

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