Good job proving me wrong :p

First, this is going to be a series of posts, so I’ll be talking about working in the near future. It’s separate from the issue of whether a person *can* be creative.

Second, once you start talking about how people become successful, now to define success, and what motivates successful people, you venture onto very thin ice. None of this is simple or straightforward.

Third, saying “Hard work is required” is probably the easiest thing a person can say. It’s a wide-accepted truism that feels extremely comfortable; it fits very nicely inside our cultural norms. We hear “You have to *want* it” from sports casters, teachers, employment counselors, and so on.

But it’s OT for this post, if you know what I mean.