[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Persistence]] - People: [[Denzel Washington]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CapTiQ-hs8A --- ## Summary - [[Work hard. Stay disciplined. Create impact that's undeniable.]] - [[Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it]]. [[Let your success speak for itself]]. - [[Exceptional results requires exceptional effort]]. - [[Growth happens where your fears meet your passions]]. - [[Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.]] ## Notes ### Outwork - [[When others judge you, keep working hard. While they make fun of you, put in even more effort.]] - [[Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard]]. - Proving yourself can be a driver, but not the outcome. Focus on doing the work. ### Persistence > "When you focus on yourself, you stop caring what others think." - Let your work speak for itself. Let your effort speak for itself. Let your impact speak for itself. - [[Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it]]. [[Let your success speak for itself]]. - [[Work hard. Stay disciplined. Create impact that's undeniable.]] - [[Exceptional results requires exceptional effort]]. - Let your impact speak louder than the noise that surrounds it. [[Be unshakable]]. [[Become undeniable]]. > "Prove them wrong with your success; and they won't have anything left to say." - [[Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.]] ### (Dis)Comfort > "Real champions treat focus like their lifeline." - Discipline and courage is required to push yourself beyond your comfort zone. [[Don't leave your comfort zone. Expand it.]] - [[Your comfort zone is always shrinking, if you don't do anything about it.]] You must work on maintain it. You must work hard to expand it. - Comfort expands towards capabilities. - [[As your capabilities expands, so does the circumference of opportunities surrounding it.]] - [[Doing things you dislike is one of the most powerful skills you can develop]]. - [[Growth happens where your fears meet your passions]]. - [[Always be happy, but dissatisfied.]]