“hard work pays off just as much as good genetics”
What a premise! I’d go so far as to say hard work is more important than good genetics.
Besides, who’s to say exactly what good genetics entail?
The phrase “good genetics” as applied to the physical is thought of in the physical sense, how quickly your body responds…but what if you looked at characteristics of the mind such as stubbornness, tenacity?
Somewhere out there a dude who naturally benches 405, power cleans 365 is sitting on his ass playing call of duty while a less physically gifted teammate goes apeshit every day – running 20 40s every night in the middle of the street, wrestling in the winter, playing rugby in the spring, getting up at 345am to go to the gym before school, eating 6000 calories daily, and is amped up that he almost hit his first 300 bench, is now power cleaning 250, and can taste the victory of mauling that big lazy fucker come fall.
You see it yet!
I’d rather you have work ethic than good genetics, yes both is preferable, but hard work comes first!
Persistence & Tenacity