There is a simple fact that can explain how people get to the top of their field, the top of business, the top of sports – the top of anything. So I ask you to look at the following names and ask yourself what they have in common.
George Washington
John Adams
Tim Tebow
Bill Walsh
Steve Jobs
Warren Buffet
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The answer: Work Ethic
More than anything else these people have one thing in common. They worked harder than just about anyone in their field. The answer is in their success. Work ethic got them ahead – despite many handicaps.
George Washington took a rag tag group of under paid rebels, with weak to no supplies and defeated the greatest armed forces in the history of the world as of 1776.
John Adams grew up dirt poor and worked so hard as to become one of the most influental people in history.
Tim Tebow worked his entire career harder than just about anyone to become great.
Bill Walsh took one of the worst NFL franchises in the history of football, and turned the San Francisco Forty-Niners into the best NFL sports franchises in history. He traiend everyone within his organization on the Bill Walsh work-ethic.
Steve Jobs was up against the monopoly of Microsoft and through tireless innovation was able to grow Apple to be the dominant player of the future in 2011.
Warren Buffet was able to become the richest man in the world even through he came from humble origions. He did this by spending decades tirelessly teaching himself investing and learning from mentors while he took just about every penny he made and reinvested it back into his business.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was able to take an oppressed race and give them equal rights against a nation that hated him and black people simply becuase of the color of their skin. He did this by working incessentanly through just about every kind of persecution a person can endure – including assisination – yet he still won.
So if you ever wonder why somone has so much and how they accomplished so much. Look at their history and you will almost aways find work ethic as the #1 cause of their success. If anyone tells you work ethic is not how to win – then you can pretty well ensure that they aren’t successful.
