Effort is one thing that we must never joke with, it is part of what determines our success, we can't achieve any great things without effort because every great thing comes with a price...
That first step we take at the beginning of a race or journey is effort and it shows how serious we are in getting things done...
There are 2 different kind of people
Dreamers without action
These set of people are fond of dreaming big but never take actions to achieve those dreams, you will see them getting serious all of a sudden and talking about their plans for the future but it all ended at that spot of the discussion, they are all talk with no actions, it could be due to laziness or the fear of leaving their comfort zone, these people have great ideas but lack of effort makes them stagnant...
Goals pursuer
These set of people know what they want and never let any factors to hinder them from the pursuit of that thing, they put in their best effort to achieve their dreams and most time they end up getting that thing they desire since they took a step but some other time, they get unlucky but that doesn't stop them from trying again till they get what they want, he who fails is someone that never try again after a set back, as long as you win, your past failure won't matter as they only made you strong enough to win...
I fall in the category of the goals pursuer, once I believe in something, I give it my 100 percent energy and never give up until the end...
I have found myself in certain situations where my effort pays off and some other times, I regret even wasting my time...
A good example is the quest for the Splinterlands season-end leaderboard, it is difficult to get the top 3 or top 10 because there are also many players who want that position, I could remember a day I played throughout the whole midnight just to get a good spot on the leaderboard, I actually did but my greed ruined things for me.
I was able to get to the top 4 but I was not satisfied, I wanted to be among the top 3 and the time left was just 1 hour, I clicked on battle but unfortunately the opponent I was paired with defeated me which took me away from top 10, I was so sad that I lost control of other matches which made me have a losing streak, in the end, I was out of top 25, all the 24 hours effort wasted and I felt terrible throughout that day...
Meanwhile there was a season that I snatched the second spot towards the end of the season after playing from morning till sometime around 5 p.m. My effort paid off that day and I was so happy...
One thing I realized was that during that second time my effort paid off, it was due to the fact that I was not greedy for the first position, the top 1 was just 3 points away which could have tempted me to play but the lessons learned from my failure of the other season helped in controlling that greed that can make me lose more than I bargained for....
We can't always win but it is good to always put in effort in all we do, there is always a lesson to be learned!
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