Hard Work is the True Game Changer

A note to young leaders.

For every person climbing the ladder of success, there are ten still waiting for the elevator to show up.

Take the much-loved, now legendary Australian cricketer, Michael Hussey, otherwise known as “Mr Cricket”.

He was a late bloomer – having played his first test at the age of 30, he went on to become a Hall of Famer.

His famous moniker was given to him by English all-rounder, Andrew Flintoff, during a county cricket game at Old Trafford.

It was a miserable, rainy day with many interruptions to play. Only one player was out in the middle practising batting and fielding in the cold and the drizzle.

Flintoff was impressed: “Jeez, Hussey’s at it again. This guy loves cricket more than anyone I know. He must be Mr Cricket.”

Hussey himself attributes his success to his obsessive work ethic. As a teenager training in the off-season, he ran up hundreds of sand dunes on Perth’s picturesque beaches. How did he keep himself going? Half way up the sand dune, Hussey says, he would visualise himself scoring a hundred at a Boxing Day test match.

Hard work is the unsung hero of success.