I was never fast at anything… I’m not sure I ever won a foot race. One of the many things I learned from my Gramma was to always keep busy and don’t hurry through. Get it done right on the first try.
My Gramma was sweeping the sheds way before The All Blacks made it famous.
Another thing that is important is finding a niche. Something that keeps you busy, keeps you going.
I found a niche that helped me continue in the commodity trading world after the Board of Trade closed the floor. On Monday my trading group marks the two year anniversary of moving out to OakBrook. We found a niche…..
Bruce Sutter was struggling in the early years of his career. In 1973 he had elbow surgery that could have doomed his playing days, but he didn’t give up and he found a niche. He learned a new pitch.
The split-finger fastball was that niche.
He won the CY Young in 1979 for the Cubs and he won the 1982 World Series for the Cardinals. A struggling young pitcher kept on moving, found a niche and ended up in the Hall of Fame.
He died this week at the age of 69.
Sweep the sheds and find a niche and life will move along on its own.
…and don’t be a Jagoff!
