Yesterday an executive in the office came to me with a bunch of projects. He was rattling off what he needs me to do while I was busy working on other things. I listened quietly and took note as always.
At the end, he said, by the way, I got something for you. He started digging in his pocket and rattling change and I thought, seriously? But then he pulled out a fortune cookie fortune. He said, I got this at the restaurant at lunch. It’s for you.
It said “There is no secret to success except hard work”.
It’s funny. No matter how hard I work, I will never attain “success” whatever that is. I can’t even afford lunch.