Hard Work

It’s easy to spot talented people isn’t it? 

The guy who you see on break practicing the art of drawing and you are amazed by how he transformed a boring sheet of white paper into a scene at the barbershop where you can actually hear the conversations between the guy sitting in the red waiting chair and the crusty old barber giving the little boy his first haircut. 

Or perhaps it’s the cashier you know sings in the choir of her church and when you hear her singing as she walks into the store you are struck by the sweetness of her voice. 

It may be the florist who can take that droopy, brown, dried out plant and revive it into a flourishing shrub.

People who have these types of skills are universally recognized as having talent.  The artist, the singer, the lady with the green thumb are all talented. 

Now I want you to think about the guy who comes in every night and breaks down your grocery trucks by himself and then goes out to the floor and stocks an aisle or two before going home. 

Is he talented? 

I am sure some would say that he is but many more would never think that what this person does is a talent.

Hard work is a talent.

Hard work should be celebrated as a talent. 

We should build galleries and museums in order to honor hard work.  Maybe we already have…The Empire State Building, Hoover Dam, the Panama Canal are all monuments to hard work

But do we really recognize that hard work is a talent?

WE SHOULD!

You have people in your store who do nothing special except work hard every day.  Honor these people.  Recognize their talent.  It is just as valuable a talent as the ability to handle people that your Superstar of Service demonstrates each day

Hard Work is a talent.