We're talking about...practice...

Allen Iverson is one of the best basketball players in the NBA. His heart and determination on the floor are to be envied and admired. But a few years ago he got raked over the coals for his practice habits, which he famously retorted. He's such a naturally gifted athlete (he had NBA three-point range in high school), that the idea of having to practice the game he loved and knew was jarring to him. For the rest of us, practice is the norm, or at least should be. And practicing every day. It seems like the best way to absorb the lessons we need to succeed and thrive in life. We need to make a pact with ourselves to do the sometimes unexciting, but necessary, work to make it happen. The gifts and abilities we want to possess are inside of us. We can all get to them. But unlike Allen Iverson, most of us need...practice.