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198 - What It Really Takes to Be an "Overnight Success" (a Rant)

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March 2, 2019 · 4:02 · E198

"Overnight success feels great after 10 years of playing behind chicken wire in honky Tonks" - Willie Nelson. I recorded this rant halfway up a snowy mountain during a rest break because I was thinking about how willingness to work is MUCH more important than talent or genetics, regardless of whether you're talking about sports, business or music. It's amazing how people don't want to acknowledge how much work went on behind the scenes before a major success...

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