I think the proper lesson here is that the absence of a culture of excellence can destroy the potential of even very talented people. But that culture of “win first” is a necessary but not sufficient condition for victory. Otherwise, the Miami Heat would have made the playoffs without Jimmy Butler.
You need to value excellence and intensity, but also to be excellent.
We see this in our forced group projects in my undergraduate classes. The best students (mostly post-baccs like myself in our community college setting) try to band together as often as possible. We know that we can trust each other to do good work. And we know that our mutual devotion to high-quality work will be appreciated, so we don’t have to do any apologetics or song and dance routine to motivate each other.
My two takeaways:
If you feel like you’re not making as much progress as you want, maybe the problem is you need to work much, much harder than seems reasonable to the people around you, or even to yourself.
If you’re working your ass off and it’s annoying the people around you, time to find a place where your intensity will be appreciated.
I think the proper lesson here is that the absence of a culture of excellence can destroy the potential of even very talented people. But that culture of “win first” is a necessary but not sufficient condition for victory. Otherwise, the Miami Heat would have made the playoffs without Jimmy Butler.
You need to value excellence and intensity, but also to be excellent.
We see this in our forced group projects in my undergraduate classes. The best students (mostly post-baccs like myself in our community college setting) try to band together as often as possible. We know that we can trust each other to do good work. And we know that our mutual devotion to high-quality work will be appreciated, so we don’t have to do any apologetics or song and dance routine to motivate each other.
My two takeaways:
If you feel like you’re not making as much progress as you want, maybe the problem is you need to work much, much harder than seems reasonable to the people around you, or even to yourself.
If you’re working your ass off and it’s annoying the people around you, time to find a place where your intensity will be appreciated.
Great comment. Insightful phrasing, examples, and takeaways. Thank you.