I know this is going to sound harsh, but it needs to be said:
I don’t care how talented you are, how much potential you have, how skilled you may be, or how much of an expert you think you are. If you can’t commit to work on tasks assigned to you, can’t follow a plan, and can’t consistently do things when you don’t feel like doing them, then you’ll never build anything worth having.
Your future is built on what you do when you don’t feel like it. Nothing you truly want will always be easy to do, even if you love it. You have to make the choice to keep working and doing things even when you’re not motivated to do it.
Your talent is useless without discipline. Your potential is wasted without consistency. The difference between the people who almost made it and the ones who actually built something meaningful is this:
They show up even when they don’t feel like it. They put in the reps when it was boring, tiring, or thankless. That’s where greatness is built in the moments nobody sees. It is why I always say that consistency beats intensity, discipline beats motivation, and action beats planning.