You don't hear this word very often nowadays. It came along with 'hey is for horses', 'look out for number one', 'made in the shade', 'knuckle sandwich', 'hipster or beatnik', 'no guts no glory', etc.
Dad used to get flustered and demand: "Don't you have any gumption??"
I had to look it up again because I kind of forgot what it meant...
From Dictionary.com we have:
initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption, he'll make a success of himself. courage; spunk; guts
So, once again, I think about me, you out there, everyone in business... Do we have the gumption to make a good go of it for 2019?
Are we dragging, are we getting sloppy, are we losing business acumen, are we letting things slide, are we paying attention to trends? (for example: is your website 'mobile-first'?) Are we getting out of our comfort zone to push forward and get better, stronger, smarter, more competitive? Are we using ALL the tools available to achieve our goals?
Are we going to rely on the same old -- same old methods and techniques to get us by or research things that may help us even better --that may be unknown at this moment but requires some effort to absorb and apply?
Are we changing, evolving, into 'better', 'more productive', 'high achiever', 'goal setter', 'record breaker"?
If not, we need gumption. And we need to take the steps necessary to get off of first base, sprint occasionally, take advantage of the draft and pass the leader!
Do not rely on yesterday's solutions to solve tomorrow's problems.
And we can't afford to say anymore: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
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