https://omaciel.github.io/tags/grit/Recent content in Grit on Og Maciel's JournalHugoen-usWed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://omaciel.github.io/posts/2025-10-22-if-you-want-to-grow-get-on-the-bull/Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://omaciel.github.io/posts/2025-10-22-if-you-want-to-grow-get-on-the-bull/<p><img src="https://omaciel.github.io/images/if-you-want-to-grow-get-on-the-bull-cover.heic" alt="Cover Image"></p> <p><em>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@dulceylima?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Dulcey Lima</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/man-in-black-t-shirt-riding-white-horse-during-daytime-mZnWbw0E4XY?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></em></p> <p>I can&rsquo;t remember exactly when I first heard the advice about <em>taking ownership of your own career and destiny instead of leaving it up to chance</em>. Maybe it came from a book, maybe a talk—I can&rsquo;t remember. But I do know the exact day when it finally <strong>hit me</strong>.</p> <p>It was around 2008, during a really hard phase at work. Back then, I blamed all my career woes on external forces—unsupportive teammates, bad leadership decisions, bad luck. <strong>None</strong> of it was ever my fault, of course. I was convinced I was doing everything right and the universe was conspiring against me.</p>