- “If you build it, they will come…..” “Critical mass……” “The tipping point…..” In a final accounting, these expressions all amount to the same thing: An overriding, fanatical belief in one’s self, a belief that superior quality will invariably win out in the end, this despite the potentially astronomical odds one may be facing at the outset of any quixotic quest. Ya just have to cling to an infrangible, almost cultish, belief in your natural abilities and subsequently never lose confidence even in the face of numerous, numerous setbacks. Ya havta stay the course–ALWAYS!!!–even when that course winds around insanely like the arms of a writhing octopus, climbs to preposterous elevations before dropping precipitously with nil warning, and is littered throughout with sundry, behemoth obstacles. Quitting should never be an option, and Plans A, B, and C (and D, E, and F as well) should all be identical in nature and nomenclature. Only the utilization of this egregiously narrow-minded mindset will allow you to achieve your loftiest objectives, but even then–most unfortunately–there are no guaranteed outcomes. That’s the sobering part of this equation. Success is never guaranteed. NEVER!!! Fanatical singlemindedness only enhances your odds of success; it surely does not deputize them and stand as some sort of sacred decree from above. Other factors completely beyond one’s control, oftentimes the much-maligned “bad luck” (which is actually code for destiny), play a leviathan, frequently disproportionate, role in undermining any dynamic involving members of the Homo sapiens species. Having said that, taking shortcuts and slacking on one’s passion and goal-setting, sometimes to the minutest extent, will almost always sabotage one’s effort to the point of irrecoverable failure.
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