Winners aren't naturally better. They just keep going when everyone else quits. A client told the speaker that staying in the game was the single thing that mattered most. Persistence beats talent when talent gives up.
This is the most important thing out of everything. This is something I have said to numerous people. And in fact, one of my clients called me about maybe 2 weeks ago and he said, Matt, you were right about this one thing. And this one thing that I said to him is the very thing that I wrote down here. Stay in the game. You don't even have to be good. I promise you, if you just stay in the game long enough, you will win. You know why is that? Because most people suck. Most people will not stay in the game. If you stay in the game long enough, you'll become the option. And once you're the option, you're considered good. So if you want to be good, just stay in the game long enough because everyone else sucks. Over time, of course you'll be good. Of course you don't want to suck, but over time, if you stayed in the game, you will iterate, you will find, you will maneuver to have something that is good, worth standing time. Because the biggest advantage of those who win is simply that they don't quit after losing.
