[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Persistence]] - People: [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWjqakUjezc --- ## Summary - [[There's very little in life that's worth achieving, that isn't hard.]] - [[If you accomplish difficult things, you distinguish yourself from others by what you have achieved]]. - [[We choose to go to the moon. Not because it's easy, but because it's hard.]] ## Notes ### Hard things are worth doing - [[There's very little in life that's worth achieving, that isn't hard.]] - Those things that are hard, are hard, because most people cant do it. - [[If you accomplish difficult things, you distinguish yourself from others by what you have achieved]]. - They don't have the capabilities, discipline, or courage to accomplish, do, or even start them. - "Those who keep rise the highest, are those who keep solving hard things." - [[Sometimes the hardest things are the ones most worth doing]]. - [[We choose to go to the moon. Not because it's easy, but because it's hard.]] - [[Be impatient with inefficiency. Be patient with persistence.]] - Spend time doing the work, often difficult work, towards that which matters most. - [[Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should accomplish with your ability.]] ### Calculus - Calculus is really different. - Calculus is more different from algebra, than algebra is from arithmetic. - Day after day, you learn a little more and a little more. - Difficulty is a fog that dissipates through the dedication of continual effort. ### Learning - [[Hard work dissipates ignorance]]. ## See also - [[Do hard things - Steve Magness]]