P.S Hard Work Pays!

It takes about 60000 bees, traveling 55000 miles, visiting more than 2 million flowers, to gather enough nectar to make one pound of honey.

At the age of sixteen, Albert Einstein began his experiments and research. 10 years later he came up with Theory of Relativity.

It took 7 years for John Wesley Hyatt to make celluloid billiards balls. The billiards balls he made were imperfect. But the celluloid laid the foundation for Plastic.

It took 12 years for Dr. Spencer Silver and Arthur Fry to launch Post-It notes in the US market.

It took 22 years for Dashrath Manjhi to carved a 360 ft long path through the Gehlour hills.

Thomas Alva Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb.

John Creasey, the great crime novelist, got 753 rejection slips before publishing 564 books.

For seven years, Hiester Richard worked on his humorous war novel, M*A*S*H. Before getting published, it was rejected by 21 publishers.

Bruce Lee once quoted, ‘I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times’.

While preparing for Mr. Universe, Arnold Schwarzenegger used to work out for 5–6 hours a day.

Abraham Lincoln once quoted,’ Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe’.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was turned down by 217 of 242 investors.

The legendary boxer Mohammad Ali once quoted, ‘I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘don’t quit, suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’.’

Robert Greene, in his book ‘Mastery’ has brilliantly described the importance of hard work.

Here it is:

To create a meaningful work of art or to make a discovery or invention requires great discipline, self-control, and emotional stability. It requires mastering the forms of your field.

Drugs and madness only destroy such powers.

Do not fall for the romantic myths and cliches that abound in culture about creativity — offering us the excuse or panacea that such power can come cheaply.

When you look at the exceptionally creative work of Masters, you must not ignore the years of practice, the endless routines, the hours of doubt, and the tenacious overcoming of obstacles these people endured.

Creative energy is the fruit of such efforts and nothing else.

Everyone is blessed with a talent called, ‘Hard work’.