I love watching the behind the scenes of movies. I love seeing teams gathering together and working to use their different skills and gifts to make one beautiful movie. Whenever I watch these behind the scenes, hearing the process, hearing what the hard work meant to the team, the movie becomes more meaningful because of the work put in. The finished product and process are not inseparable.
When I visit art galleries, I look at the art, make my initial judgments, read the artists’ statements, and then look at the art again with fresh eyes and appreciation. Because the process matters. Any art that I find engaging is because of the work I know went into it.
But it’s not just art, anything I have done that was worth being proud of didn’t use a shortcut. The diploma I got, the sport I improved in, the grades I earned, the articles I wrote — they would not be something to be proud of if I had skipped the process.
Don’t skip the work, don’t skip the process, do something worth being proud of.
