AVERAGE?
STATUS: Not feeling so hot today, actually.
FAVE LINKEY-POO RIGHT THIS SECOND: Author Brad Meltzer hasn’t been getting the greatest reviews on his latest novel, so he turned the bad press into this hilarious video.
I heard a story not too long ago on NPR about a musician/soccer player who … well, I kind of only caught the tail end of the story and admittedly I was a little lost. BUT, I did hear enough of it to know that this guy was a so-so soccer player, but he had a really great work ethic. And he was saying how this had made him successful — both on the field and in the music arena.
So that got me thinking about my own work, and how I’m not the most super-duper talented person at … well, anything. I mean, I’m just one of those people who is good at a lot of things but not great at many. And that’s okay, I think, as long as I keep working hard at improving in the areas of my life that matter the most to me.
Recently, Rob and I watched a movie called Overnight about filmmaker Troy Duffy, who was an overnight film sensation, and who crashed and burned very shortly thereafter. The thing is, the guy had (has) talent, but he had a bad attitude and a terrible work ethic. He thought he was a genius. And that proved to be a big problem — both for him and everyone around him.
I’d rather be average, frankly, and keep working at improving than think of myself as a genius who has “arrived.” Because a.) it’s not true and b.) it seems to usher in problems, not solve them.
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