Persistency Is the DNA of Legendary Performance

Mastery is a process, not an event. It’s so easy to be hypnotized by society into thinking that the superstars among us woke up one day rejoicing in their newfound heightened state of greatness. Pure myth. Study Da Vinci and Buffet, Beethoven and Serena Williams, Kobe and Nikola Tesla and you’ll see that their unusually excellent performance was caused by their uncommon devotion to a journey. ...Their genius was not natural but constructed. ...Their luminosity wasn’t inborn. It was made. ......