[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Persistence]] - People: [[Richard St. John]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6FvEwLBgBo --- ## Summary - [[Hard work isn't a guarantee for success, but it is a requirement for it]]. - [[Nothing in the world can take place of persistence.]] - [[Hard work turns your talent into mastery, your intelligence into wisdom, and your character into strength.]] - [[Exceptional results requires exceptional effort]]. - Discover your [[Ikigai]]. Your why; your reason to work; your reason to live. - [[Dreams don’t work unless you do.]] ## Notes ### Hard work - Hard work is a real secret to success. All successful people work very hard. - [[Hard work isn't a guarantee for success, but it is a requirement for it]]. - [[The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.]] - [[The reward for good work is more work]]. - [[Dreams don’t work unless you do.]] - [[Nothing in the world can take place of persistence.]] - Hard work maximizes your innate talent, intelligence, and character. - [[Hard work turns your talent into mastery, your intelligence into wisdom, and your character into strength.]] - [[Exceptional results requires exceptional effort]]. ### Workafrolics - Discover your [[Ikigai]]. Your why; your reason to live; your reason to work. - [[We work our fingers to the bone. But it doesn't seem like work. It's fun. It's what we want to do.]] - [[I wasn't the funniest guy growing up, but I was the guy who worked on being funny the hardest.]] - Chris Rock. - Hard work isn't easy, but it can be fun. ### Talent - We tend to underestimate work and overestimate talent. In the end, work tops talent. - Many talented people don't achieve much success because they sit back on their talent. - [[The real gift isn't talent, it's the ability to work hard.]] - [[Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard]]. - [[Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration]]. ### Smarts - We tend to underestimate work and overestimate smarts. In the end, work tops smarts. - [[If you're a C student, not an A student, you can still success. Because the word success has two C's and no A's.]] - You can only sit back after you've achieved success, not before.