{"id":9455,"date":"2009-08-05T15:24:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T22:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=9455"},"modified":"2009-08-05T15:24:20","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T22:24:20","slug":"grinders-and-grinding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9455\/grinders-and-grinding\/","title":{"rendered":"Grinders and Grinding"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wake up each morning listening to various radio programs, all sports talk shows with one exception. They’re interesting most of the time, and since there are three of ’em, I can rotate ’till one grabs me. Earlier this week it was ESPN’s The Herd I think. Colin Cowherd talking about the difference between West Coasters and East Coasters and Midwesterners when it comes to discipline. Though they tended to generalize far too much geographically, their point was well made:<\/p>\n

Great talent almost always loses out in the long run to great discipline. And great talent yoked to great discipline is nearly unbeatable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When asked for an example he cited a couple elite teams — the Colts and Patriots. Both are Super Bowl Champs. Both have won far more than their share the last several seasons. Besides winning, they share another factor — they have more players with college degrees than the other teams. Discipline. <\/p>\n

He then used Cincinnati as an example of a team with incredibly talented players but almost no visible discipline. Apparently Cincinnati, when translated, means Pay more attention to Me Me Me!!<\/em> I think anyone who follows pro football can see the merit in these examples, as I did. <\/p>\n

Don’t immediately jump to discipline in real estate or the mortgage business, look back on other things you’ve done in your lives that wouldn’t have been remotely possible without it. <\/p>\n

I’ve had three hobbies in my life in which I’ve been involved at fairly intense levels. Bodybuilding, baseball umpiring, and running. <\/p>\n

Anybody who’s done any of those seriously, knows it involves what Cowherd called grinding — or being a grinder. It’s a perfect description in my opinion. All three of those disciplines require very long periods of both learning curves, practice, and the gaining of real life, real time experience. All three of those is a grind, and there’s nobody but you doin’ it. You lift the weight, you study the rules and apply the correct on-field mechanics, you log the miles each day. <\/p>\n

It’s a grind — there’s simply no pretty way to dress it up, is there?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Colin’s Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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