MJ Mondays - Compounding Interest

We live in a microwave society where we want and expect success to happen overnight. We see the success of those around us being shared on social media, but we don't see the work that they put in behind the scenes to get to where they are.

That is why I like this quote by Michael Jordan. Success, greatness, and championships are born in the journey and they are only celebrated at the end.

Michael Jordan didn't win his first NBA championship until he was 28 and in his 7th year in the NBA. He had to go through a lot of adversity to climb the mountain, including Larry Bird's Celtics, Isaiah Thomas's Pistons, and Magic and the Lakers.

The media said that he didn't have what it takes to win a championship. They said his stats were empty stats because he couldn't get the Bulls over the hump. Many people thought he would never be a champion because of the way he played.

But Michael Jordan just kept working hard, believed in himself, and helped grow his teammates. Jordan knew that he had to get stronger, so he hit the weight room. But he didn't just hit it himself - he brought his teammates with him.

Michael Jordan learned that he could not win a championship without a championship work ethic and without a championship team beside him.

Michael Jordan became a champion because of the hours, weeks, months, and years of work that he put in. He earned his championships.

We might not become NBA superstars, champions, and Hall of Famers, but we can learn from their work ethic.

Albert Einstein once described compound interest as the “eighth wonder of the world,” saying, “He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn't pays for it.”

Compound interest is when you invest in yourself by working hard, and when you continue to reinvest in yourself. When you invest and reinvest in yourself by putting in the work over the course of days, weeks, months, and years, you are on the path to becoming the best version of yourself.

The beauty is that today is a great day to start! Today, create a plan for how you want to get better. Write it down. Create a vision of what you want to be, and write down what you will have to do to become that person or live that life. That is called, "Planning with the end in mind." Know where you want to go, who you want to be, then put in the work and stay consistent!