Thomas A. Edison said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
I believe that success is the result of two things: opportunity and a willingness to work. In the case of opportunity, it’s an external thing. In the case of work, it’s an internal thing.
The New Year presents a golden opportunity for those who exploit the opportunity—the external. By working hard you release the internal willingness to work to produce the results you desire. Your success can not be separated from your work. In your work, you provide the evidence of the relationship between effort and reward. The harder and smarter you work, the more successful you will be and ultimately the more money you will make.
You will outwork, outsmart, and out serve your competition. While your competitor is overwhelmed at what they see as the realities of the poor performing economy, you take the initiative and turn lemons into lemonade. Success for you arises out of same circumstances that your competitor faces: high unemployment, a housing market in disarray, businesses going under, and loans hard to acquire.
The difference between you and your competitor is that in all this you see opportunity; they see problems. You are thankful for the opportunity afforded you; they complain about the bad luck confronting them. You seize the day, they bemoan the day. At the end of the day, you are tired from hard work; they are exhausted from hours of frustration, rationalization and no production.
Each of us has his or her own IQ, educational background and distinct talents. But IQ, education (formal and practical) and talents aren’t the characteristics that will lead to success this year. Overriding these distinctions is the strong desire to work. It’s not surprising, successful people work harder.
HOG THOUGHT: Successful companies know that their success is built on the hard work of their employees. Companies know that a hard-working employee is a scarce resource. That’s why successful companies work hard to encourage and reward them accordingly. The costs of not keeping hard workers are growing, as are the rewards of having a genuine committed work force.
HOG QUOTE: “There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.” —General Douglas MacArthur
HOG ACTION: Work hard and work smart.
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