It doesn’t take a genius.
There is comfort in that statement. I think business is
about 30% hard work, 30% knowledge, and 40% luck. It doesn’t matter how smart
you are or how hard you work if you’re not at the right place at the right time
to jump on the opportunity. Sure, knowledge is essential for knowing what to do
with that chance, but it’s hard to exercise it if you haven’t found your way to
the starting line already.
My husband once got a fortune cookie that read “Genius does
only what it must.” It has been on the wall in his office in large letters ever
since. Geniuses, especially in the business world, aren’t people that just do
it all themselves. They are geniuses because they have learned how to put
together an amazing team that together get all of the work done. They know how
to be successful with doing as little work as possible. I know it kind of
contradicts some of what we have heard from church leaders about not doing the
bare minimum just to get by, but at the same time why not do just enough to get
the success you desire? Success is success, not matter how hard you have to
work for it. If I can get an A by studying 3 hours, why spend 10, when I can
get the same reward for 30% of the effort? That’s not lazy, I think that’s
brilliant.
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