Gumption - [guhmp - shuhn]: boldness, initiative, guts

“Most of us settle in, and settle for what we have. Rather than pursue, we accept.

Our lives become unwitting celebrations of passivity:

We undervalue our work and perceive ourselves as wage slaves (and so we phone it in at the day gig), we consume compulsively (but not create), we pine for better lives (but live vicariously through our televisions).

These corners we paint ourselves into, it’s no way to live. There’s no adventure here, no passion, no hunger for change. Remember that relentless optimism you once had?

The goals you wished to achieve, before settling in? They’re still there. You need a nudge to find them; a little gumption.”

By: JC Hutchins Via: Seth Godin