| Ethic by Will Smith | | | | natural rivals due to the decades-old Cold War. In |
| "I've never really viewed myself as particularly | | | | addition, President Jimmy Carter was considering a |
| talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above | | | | U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, which |
| average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, | | | | was to take place in Moscow, in protest of the |
| sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other | | | | Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which had begun less |
| guy's sleeping? I'm working. While the other guy's | | | | than a month prior to the U.S. Russian hockey game. |
| eatin'? I'm working." - Will Smith on 60 Minutes | | | | The make-up of the Soviet and United States team |
| December 2, 2007. | | | | was quite different. Many of the players on the |
| Even though we have written about the lessons of | | | | Soviet team were quoted as military personnel so |
| some of the most profound leaders of our time, our | | | | they could practice for a living. The United States |
| sales recruiters were hard pressed to find somebody | | | | Olympic Hockey Team was made up of college kids |
| with better insight as to work ethic than Will Smith. | | | | and amateur hockey players who never made it to |
| At a young age, Will Smith became quite engaged | | | | the NHL. They were scrappy. The big difference |
| with rapping and met what would become a long | | | | between the teams is that while the Soviets rested, |
| time friend and colleague, Jeff Townes, who goes by | | | | U.S. coach Herb Brooks, would work his team |
| the stage name of DJ Jazzy Jeff. Will Smith's | | | | arguably more than any other U.S. Olympic team |
| ambition to succeed in the music business became so | | | | (hockey or not) in history. |
| strong that he turned down a scholarship to MIT. | | | | Our Take on Work Ethic |
| Partly due to this and a charming personality, the | | | | Our recruiters figure a few things. First, we firmly |
| students at his Philadelphia high school nicknamed him | | | | believe that if we are not working, somebody else is |
| "Prince." This would become the basis for a hit | | | | and that makes us work harder. The sales recruiters |
| television show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Through | | | | and marketing headhunters at our firm all partake in a |
| hard work and perseverance, Will Smith is now one | | | | revenue sharing plan. I don't want employees, I want |
| of the most sought after film actors as he never has | | | | business owners. Business is too competitive to only |
| a flop which results in the investors not making a | | | | work 8 - 10 hour days. At least one sales recruiter at |
| profit from his movies. | | | | our staffing agency is available nearly 16 hours a day. |
| Another Famous Example Regarding Work Ethic | | | | We work as if this is all we have; this is our life and |
| In 1980 at the Olympics in Lake Placid, the Russian | | | | we are a team who is competing with other teams. |
| Olympic Hockey Team was considered the best in | | | | The winning factors, in the opinion of our sales |
| the world. The Soviet and American teams were | | | | headhunters, is intelligence, creativity and hardware. |