Believing that you’re going to win in the end helps you keep going when things get tough.
Youngsters only really understand the need for perseverance once they go to college or start work.
Somehow we’re led to believe that success is all about talent, intelligence, luck or being ‘discovered.’ But statistics suggest otherwise. What really counts is perseverance. Like it takes years to learn how to become truly successful at everything, from managing a hotel to playing the piano. So being willing to stick in there is the real secret.
Even being really clever only helps a little. Far more important is hard work and determination. That’s true even for a real genius. Mozart once wrote in his diary how an entire symphony popped into his head, just like that. But no one ever quotes his next words, where he described how it took him months of work to get it exactly right.
