Over the last few months I have been reading a number of books on success and achievement inspired by the Malcom Gladwell's The Outliers. It has become a bit of an obsession with me as I find connections to my work as a teacher, my involvement with youth soccer as a coach and board member and as a father of two youth sport obsessed boys.
What has really struck me is how the research (admittedly all of these books reference each other and others of a similiar point of view) all brings us back to an old school belief in the value and importance of good old fashioned hard work and dedication. ...... I have written, edited, deleted and rewritten the following paragraphs and decided that I really have too much to say on this subject and at this point it all ends up as a rant so I'll leave it for you to read the books yourself and see where the ideas may apply to your own life.
On a lighter note if you liked the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo check out the following book.