Prepare. Don't just practice. Don't just go through the motions. Focus. Identify your weaknesses and work hard to improve them. Identify your strengths and elevate them to higher and higher levels over time. Identify what makes you special and develop that until it's extraordinary. Take pride in your progress but push to achieve more. Refuse to become complacent, and never believe that you have it all figured out.
When your mind and body tire, rest. You're going to need to work hard again tomorrow and the next day and the next. When you become frustrated or humiliated, get over it quickly and keep going. Setbacks just mean that you still have work to do. Use the lessons of struggle and defeat to correct your course of action, not to abandon it.
One day someone is going to offer you a special opportunity. If you turn it down, they'll never ask again. If you try it and fail, you will have etched your reputation in stone. But if you succeed, doors will open, and you will have those long, tedious, sweaty, frustrating hours of preparation to thank for your 'sudden' good fortune.
Success didn't come to you because you were gifted or lucky or connected. It happened because you worked, because you prepared, because you were honest with yourself, because you overcame every obstacle, and because you refused to let circumstances define your place in this world.
¡Buena suerte amigos, y muchas gracias!
Daniel
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