Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and countless other names are touted as visionaries capable of massive successes. They have every right to be admired for the things they have been able to accomplish. However, a lot of the successes also came with failures, perceverence and good ol’ hard work.
In the words of B.o.B
It’s like, people only see it the way it appears
But they never see the ropes and the pulleys and the gears
Blood, sweat and tears. We cry blood, all we sweat is tears–B.o.B vs Bobby Ray
We love to see success stories. You can read 1,000s of articles on Medium about people’s morning routines that create massive results. Or the life hacks that make successes seemingly happen overnight. Those are all well and good. Good habits and good routines are required to become successful. But the biggest driver in success is putting in the hardwork each and every day.
There’s no such thing as an overnight success. There’s probably no such thing as a five-year success. It takes countless hours, unending mistakes, and a drive to keep going to become the next Bezos or Musk. They didn’t happen overnight and neither will you.
Consistently building on your personal goals is the only way to success. It it takes time, hard work, and a commitment to leaving things better than when you found them. From the famous Robert Collier:
The great successful men of the world have used their imaginations… they think ahead and create their mental picture, and they go to work materializing that picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building — steadily building.