But at least you started, and you’re keeping at it. That’s why hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. Even if you don’t have talent, the sheer power of work will give you the edge of making progress.

With most people who won’t start, and the rest who will quit at some point, the odds of success are on your side. All you have to do is get to work, and then not stop. When you start trying something consistently, with a long-term vision, you will make progress. There’s simply no scenario where you don’t improve.

“That Monday started the new phase of my life, a new concept: Only love is going to fill that hole. You can’t win enough, you can’t have enough money, you can’t succeed enough. There is not enough. The only thing that will ever satiate that existential thirst is love. And I just remember that day I made the shift from wanting to be a winner to