Short YouTube #shorts clip of Vince Reed recounting a formative athletics story from high school and college that shaped his work ethic. He describes learning the importance of consistent effort over relying on natural ability and carries that lesson into business, asserting a mentality to outwork others and focus on small, early habits.
I had a coach in high school, and he would say, vince, you need to work harder in practice. I didn't have the, like, go hard every single time, bust my butt every single time. I really just relied on athletic ability. And I had coaches that would tell me that. And the first practice that I had in college, I recognized that I should have listened to those coaches, because that is something that you can't turn on the first practice. I remember there was this kid, we were running sprints, and never before, ever in sports had anyone ever just, like, beat me in sprints. You know, I come close, or maybe someone beat me by a nose, but this kid was, like, way out in front, and I was sprinting, and he looked like he was jogging. And that's when I knew that there was a different level. To this day in business, I always have the same mentality that no one is ever going to outwork me, and it's about the little things, and they start now.
