Effort creates ability - by shaahana - rambles

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Some musings on establishing an effort-first mindset

For years and years, I was told this: Be good at school, have a sport, play an instrument, be social - balance all of this and you’ll be just fine. I was quite mediocre at all of these things. These past times and work and maintaining relationships were constantly competing for my attention and time and the habits that I picked up, left me not particularly good at anything. I rarely put in the effort I needed to be particularly good at anything. Ferdinand Hodler’s “The Engraver” Malcolm Gladwell’s work, Outliers, tells the story of how the existence of ability is far-removed from…

Effort creates ability - by shaahana - rambles

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