success

Success, Adele said she eventually realized, is like a “personality...[you have to consider] the whole package.” Your album can sweep the Grammys, but if you were miserable, lonely, sad, angry, and bitter while making it—was it truly a success? And conversely, your movie can flop, but if you loved making it, loved writing it, loved being with it, a

most of success comes from doing the mundane and often distasteful stuff, like identifying and dealing with problems and pushing hard over a long time.