Some snippets from a nice post....
"...learned quickly that the most important predictor of success is determination. At first we thought it might be intelligence"
"In most domains, talent is overrated compared to determination—"
And the 3 part determination are....
"The simplest form of determination is sheer willfulness. When you want something, you must have it, no matter what."
"Being strong-willed is not enough, however. You also have to be hard on yourself. Someone who was strong-willed but self-indulgent would not be called determined. Determination implies your willfulness is balanced by discipline."
But don't be too hard.....
".....there probably are people whose willfulness is crushed down by excessive discipline, and who would achieve more if they weren't so hard on themselves. One reason the young sometimes succeed where the old fail is that they don't realize how incompetent they are. This lets them do a kind of deficit spending. When they first start working on something, they overrate their achievements. But that gives them confidence to keep working, and their performance improves. Whereas someone clearer-eyed would see their initial incompetence for what it was, and perhaps be discouraged from continuing"
and lastly.....
"If willfulness and discipline are what get you to your destination, ambition is how you choose it."
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