Tuesday, April 1, 2025

3. To my Son: Practice is the key to life

 Practice is the key to life. 

Nobody is great at anything the very first time they try. Sometimes it might seem like that, because often people won't allow you to see a skill or talent until they have been at home practising that skill for many hours. 

Most professional athletes work for actual years, every day for multiple hours to get as good as they are at their profession. It all takes work and dedication to do something well. This is why school, and post secondary education, and grad school all exist. Because if you want a good life and to become skilled at something, it takes a long time to get there. 

So pick up hobbies, but follow through. This world is littered with people who try to do something and aren't good right away, and quit doing that thing. Then they move on to the next thing and repeat the process, never gaining any actual skills and floating through life as a person who isn't really good at anything and expecting the world to be good to them. The world is good to people with skills and those that can provide value to others with that skill. 

 So practice, don't give up and strive to be one of the best at whatever it is you like doing. All the hard work is worth it when you are. I promise. 

The saddest thing in the world is wasted talent.