Intrigued, we had to open it.
We also read the abridged interview to which it linked: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-marissa-mayer-interview-issue/
There is so much to say regarding this article (how she decided to try something different in college, how she is a mother and her paragraph on motherhood (which we think is GREAT), how in her business, she had to do jobs she never considered), we choose to look at the determination of this woman and how this ties in with the Olympics (since the Opening Ceremony for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics are tonight).
We know it takes a special kind of person to pull off 130 hours. Especially with three children. Especially when two of the three of the children are twins. Not everybody could do it. Not everybody will do it, not everybody WANTS to do it. Wants. The first article listed lists reasons, personal and backed by data, that a 130 work week is bad. We do not disagree, but, that will not run a business, nor will a business thrive on a 40 hour work week, let alone become Number 1 on a 40 hour work week.
It takes motivation, determination, and drive; there is a certain mindset that makes a 130 hour work week a priority. If you are just in your job for the paycheck, if you do not LOVE (LURVE) what you do, 130 hours will be impossible. You have to believe your hard work will make a difference. If you do not think that what you do matters, you will not be dedicated or devoted to it. If you aren't striving to be the best, you wont be.
Olympians (note we associate that word with, "champions," and, "success," in our current vernacular) do not become Olympians overnight, it may take over four years of training, nearly everyday, to even GET to the Olympics. Even if a skill comes naturally, Olympic athletes still have to hone in their skills and/or form. They have coaches to help them train. They may go to camps to get better, they more than likely have VERY restrictive diets. They give up their social lives and a lot of freedoms to train...because this is what they WANT. There is a VERY small window they may have (the oldest Olympian this year is 61 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/age-is-no-barrier-for-these-5-inspiring-old-olympians-in-rio_us_579f503be4b0693164c1b4e0) to get the Gold and become infamous. They realize as well, that they may not get recognition for the right reasons, due to injury, accidents, or judgement, but, that does not stop the determined for the next time.
Both those in a business (and those who own one) and Olympic athletes MUST push themselves if they want to be the best. "Being there on the weekend is a huge indicator of success, mostly because these companies just don’t happen. They happen because of really hard work." All these people push themselves because they want to be the best because they want all this hard work to pay off.
We know it takes a special kind of person to pull off 130 hours. Especially with three children. Especially when two of the three of the children are twins. Not everybody could do it. Not everybody will do it, not everybody WANTS to do it. Wants. The first article listed lists reasons, personal and backed by data, that a 130 work week is bad. We do not disagree, but, that will not run a business, nor will a business thrive on a 40 hour work week, let alone become Number 1 on a 40 hour work week.
It takes motivation, determination, and drive; there is a certain mindset that makes a 130 hour work week a priority. If you are just in your job for the paycheck, if you do not LOVE (LURVE) what you do, 130 hours will be impossible. You have to believe your hard work will make a difference. If you do not think that what you do matters, you will not be dedicated or devoted to it. If you aren't striving to be the best, you wont be.
Olympians (note we associate that word with, "champions," and, "success," in our current vernacular) do not become Olympians overnight, it may take over four years of training, nearly everyday, to even GET to the Olympics. Even if a skill comes naturally, Olympic athletes still have to hone in their skills and/or form. They have coaches to help them train. They may go to camps to get better, they more than likely have VERY restrictive diets. They give up their social lives and a lot of freedoms to train...because this is what they WANT. There is a VERY small window they may have (the oldest Olympian this year is 61 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/age-is-no-barrier-for-these-5-inspiring-old-olympians-in-rio_us_579f503be4b0693164c1b4e0) to get the Gold and become infamous. They realize as well, that they may not get recognition for the right reasons, due to injury, accidents, or judgement, but, that does not stop the determined for the next time.
Both those in a business (and those who own one) and Olympic athletes MUST push themselves if they want to be the best. "Being there on the weekend is a huge indicator of success, mostly because these companies just don’t happen. They happen because of really hard work." All these people push themselves because they want to be the best because they want all this hard work to pay off.
There are those who are, by nature and temperament, very hard driven. For the rest of us, we have to want it more than anything else and prioritize it above EVERYTHING else (if it is not above everything else, you will only get it as far as you have it prioritized). Business owners and Olympians do not give up time and energy for nothing; they do it because they WANT to be the best. And they want everybody else to know this as well.
May the best win.
~Cheers!
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