Great article. This is a real issue around here as well. Boring things and waiting for anything (which is of course, "boring")
We just watched Golden Hands with Cuba Gooding Jr. about Dr. Carson who is now the head of pediatric neurosurgery at JH hospital. Great movie to watch with the kids because it shows him struggling as a young student and doing very poorly. He goes on to work hard at his mother's urging and eventually attends Yale etc. It led to a great discussion about the difference between people who achieve things like degrees and interesting careers and those who don't is not nec. intelligence but effort and persistance. My kids really were impressed.
