Grind
I take the notion of the 'grind' as a mechanism to survive the distance between 'start' and 'achievement' . We typically start a venture already looking ahead to see how far again we have to go. Seeing the vast distance yet to be covered is sometimes discouraging, even disheartening, especially living in a world gripped by immediate gratification. But with the grind we set the goal, we line ourselves up, we put our heads down and then we work. We focus on putting in the time, the effort, improving on skill, acquiring knowledge...defining and refining ourselves and our processes, all......