By Steve Moran
When I read Angela Duckworth’s book “Grit” 10 years ago, I loved it and hated it. The big idea was that with grit (hard work and perseverance), you could accomplish just about anything. If I were someone with grit, I would have loved her big idea without reservation.
That wasn’t me growing up.
I hated doing homework, and often I simply didn’t do it. I hated hard work. I hated cleaning my room. I would rather be driven to places by my mom than walk or ride my bike. I tried jogging (an old-fashioned word for running), and it did nothing but make me miserable.
Along the way, I found things I was passionate about: teaching kids at church, senior living, and, more specifically, front-line workers in senior living. Those things gave work purpose and meaning. They made hard work fun. And the payoff came when I started seeing the impact I was having on other people’s lives.
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