One of my friends brought two of his daughters to basketball this morning.
Both were about eight years old.
One of them had a basketball in her hands for essentially the entire three hours we were playing. She was dribbling, watching the game, and shooting on a kids hoop. She even started counting how many makes she got and finished with around two hundred…!
The other daughter, however, couldn’t have cared less about basketball. She was completely uninterested in the available basketballs, didn’t watch any of the game, and certainly didn’t try to see how many shots she could make.
There are certain things that we’re inexplicably attracted to and things we just… aren’t. It’s nature’s way. Sure, you could try to nurture that other daughter into liking basketball and it might even work…
But, one thing is for sure… the one who is inexplicably attracted to it and tries to make 200+ shots—just because… is probably going to be able to take it further (and have more fun along the way).
Think back to what you were inexplicably attracted to as a kid. Back when there were no incentives, no pressure, and no ends in mind to the means… back when you did things just because…
These are clues as to how you might best spend your time, energy, and efforts as an adult. It may not look identical… but, it almost certainly will rhyme.