Respects to Allen – a person I look up to – for dishing out this quote. Nextly, thanks Jamie! for explaining it in a creative and encouraging way… it really made me take the effort to “show up” often.
If it’s true what they say, that 80 percent of success is showing up …
Most often attributed to Woody Allen, the maxim “80 percent of success is showing up” has earned its place in the collective cultural consciousness. But, how does one actually “show up,” and is it as easy to do as it sounds?
According to a Quote Investigator rundown on the origins of the Allen quip, the context of the writer/director’s observation was a 1989 conversation with language columnist William Safire about how writers and playwrights who had actually written their book or script were well on their way to publication. Unfortunately, Allen also observed that the vast majority of people never write the play or the book. They just talk about writing it.
So, it seems that “showing up” isn’t the whole story. You have to show up with the work done. Trouble is, “80 percent…
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