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I run on the road, long before I dance under the lights.
Muhammad Ali
1942-, American Boxer

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We often look at stars, and all we see is their stardom. We consider them to have just arrived at that stardom overnight. What we don't see is the many hours of sacrifice, hard work, sweat, and tears that has gone in to getting them to the "star" status.
Muhammad Ali put it well. He had to put in the work, behind the scenes when no one was watching. That work enabled him to show case his talent in front of the world. Without that work behind the scenes he would have never become the great boxer that he was.
We can take a lot from that lesson and apply it to our lives. Many of us have goals. We must do the "dirty work" that it takes to achieve those goals. Even when no one is around to cheer us on, motivate us, or even help. We must be those things to ourselves.