Michael Evans argues that success isn't reserved for the lucky few. He uses Taylor Swift and Derek Seavers as examples of people who worked relentlessly to make failure unreasonable, showing how hard work and commitment turn dreams into reality.
We often think that success is reserved for others. That the people who have gone on to achieve great things had this uncanny ability or incredible talent or skill that we don't have. Oftentimes that's not the case. Taylor Swift was not Taylor Swift. When she was 14, she was a young teenager who wanted to she dreamed of having a music career. Derek Seavers wasn't this super talented genius whiz kid. He was 17 and he had dreams and he didn't know if he could do it. The advice I give to somebody who believes they can do something but don't know how is do so much work, it's unreasonable to fail. Do so much work, it's unreasonable to fail. And so when I applied with, when I cold emailed Noah, the thought behind my going on in my head when I applied was how can I make this a no brainer for him to say yes to me working with him.
